controversia
التعريفات والمعاني
== Galician ==
=== Alternative forms ===
controvérsia (reintegrationist)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kontɾoˈbɛɾsja/ [kon̪.t̪ɾoˈβ̞ɛɾ.s̺jɐ]
Rhymes: -ɛɾsja
Hyphenation: con‧tro‧ver‧sia
=== Noun ===
controversia f (plural controversias)
controversy
=== Further reading ===
“controversia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin contrōversia.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kon.troˈvɛr.sja/
Rhymes: -ɛrsja
Hyphenation: con‧tro‧vèr‧sia
=== Noun ===
controversia f (plural controversie)
controversy
dispute (legal)
==== Related terms ====
controverso
=== Further reading ===
controversia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
=== Anagrams ===
arroventisco, conservatori, conversatori
== Latin ==
=== Etymology ===
From contrōversus + -ia.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔn.troːˈwɛr.si.a]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kon.troˈvɛr.si.a]
=== Noun ===
contrōversia f (genitive contrōversiae); first declension
a quarrel, dispute, debate
(law) lawsuit
contradiction
==== Declension ====
First-declension noun.
==== Descendants ====
=== References ===
“controversia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“controversia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“controversia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
“controversia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
“controversia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin contrōversia.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kontɾoˈbeɾsja/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾoˈβ̞eɾ.sja]
Rhymes: -eɾsja
Syllabification: con‧tro‧ver‧sia
=== Noun ===
controversia f (plural controversias)
controversy
Synonym: polémica
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“controversia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025