diligencia

/diliˈxenθja/ · B2 · noun · f

errand

🐎📜 diligencia = diligence; the stage-coach rushed errands diligently

Diligencia comes from Latin diligentia, from diligere, 'to value, love carefully'. Careful, prompt effort gave the sense of an errand to be done promptly, and the fast coach that carried mail and passengers took the name diligencia.

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