agencia

/aˈxenθja/ · B1 · noun · f

agency

🏢 agencia = agency: English -cy becomes Spanish -cia

From Latin agentia, from agere (to do, to act): an agency is a place that acts on your behalf. Same swap as in democracia, farmacia, frecuencia. The g before e is the throaty Spanish j sound: a-HEN-thya.

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