What does conciencia in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word conciencia in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use conciencia in Spanish.

The word conciencia in Spanish means conscience, consciousness, awareness, moral sense, awareness, awareness, become aware, raise awareness, make aware of, become aware, become aware of, consciousness, awareness, consciousness, thoroughly, guilty feeling, attack of conscience, social conscience, conscience dictates that you, go to sleep with a clear conscience, socially conscious company, soul-searching, freedom of conscience, conscientious objection, conscientious objector, prisoner of conscience, have a clear conscience, have peace of mind, awareness, become aware of, voice of your conscience. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word conciencia

conscience

nombre femenino (del bien y del mal) (judgement of right and wrong)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Tu conciencia no te deja dormir porque sabes que actuaste mal. Mi conciencia no me deja realizar actos malvados.
Your conscience stops you from sleeping because you know you did something wrong.

consciousness, awareness

nombre femenino (conocimiento, percepción) (comprehension)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Se debe formar en los niños una conciencia cívica para que aprendan a convivir en armonía.
Children need to have a sense of civic awareness instilled in them so they can learn to live harmoniously with others.

moral sense

nombre femenino (sentido moral)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La antagonista es una mujer sin conciencia.
The antagonist is a woman without a moral sense.

awareness

nombre femenino (conocimiento de una realidad)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Se debe formar en los niños una conciencia cívica para que aprendan a convivir en armonía. Los jóvenes tienen consciencia de la necesidad de cuidar el ambiente.
Children should be taught civic awareness so that they learn to live together in harmony.

awareness

nombre femenino (conocimiento reflexivo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mi cliente actuó sin conciencia de lo que hacía.
My client acted without awareness of what he was doing.

become aware

verbo transitivo (hacer tomar consciencia)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

raise awareness

verbo transitivo (hacer consciente)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Con esta campaña buscamos concienciar a la población masculina para que acudan a las clínicas a hacerse el examen de la próstata.
The aim of this campaign is to raise awareness within the male population in order to get them to a clinic and have their prostate examined.

make aware of

(hacer consciente de algo)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Las autoridades concienciaron a los conductores del peligro de conducir bajo efectos del alcohol.
The authorities made drivers aware of the dangers of drink-driving.

become aware

verbo pronominal (adquirir conciencia)

Cuando vi la playa llena de basura, me conciencié y decidí unirme a un grupo de ecologistas.
When I saw the beach full of litter, I became aware and decided to join a group of environmentalists.

become aware of

(adquirir conciencia de algo)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Cuando el diplomático vio el vídeo sobre la situación de los niños en la India, se concienció de la seriedad de la tragedia.
When the diplomat saw the video on the plight of children in India, he became aware of the seriousness of the tragedy.

consciousness, awareness

nombre femenino (percepción, conocimiento)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Los jóvenes tienen consciencia de la necesidad de cuidar el ambiente.
Young people have an acute awareness (or: consciousness) of the need to care for the environment.

consciousness

nombre femenino (actividad mental)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Se desmayó y tardo cinco minutos en recuperar la consciencia.
He fainted and it took him five minutes to regain consciousness.

thoroughly

locución adverbial (a fondo) (in detail, in depth)

(adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.")
Si quieres comprender el texto, tienes que leerlo a conciencia.
If you want to fully understand the text you have to read it thoroughly.

guilty feeling, attack of conscience

locución nominal masculina (remordimiento)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
No tengo cargo de conciencia, hice lo que tenía que hacer.
I do not have a guilty feeling; I did what I had to do.

social conscience

(ética en cuanto a sociedad)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La conciencia social de las empresas tiene un fuerte impacto en su imagen.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Nowadays all the big business have corporate social responsibility campaigns.

conscience dictates that you

expresión (actuar por conciencia)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
La conciencia me dictó que dejara ese trabajo.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Mark's conscience was dictating that he turn over the money he found to the police.

go to sleep with a clear conscience

expresión (figurado (sentirse libre de culpa)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

socially conscious company

locución nominal femenina (neg: sello por acciones comunitarias)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

soul-searching

nombre masculino (introspección)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Debes hacerte un examen de conciencia y disculparte si es del caso.

freedom of conscience

locución nominal femenina (a dictados de la razón)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Oponerse a la guerra es un derecho que confiere la libertad de conciencia.
Opposing war is a right that the freedom of conscience gives us.

conscientious objection

(negativa por ideales)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La objeción de conciencia puede plantearse por creencias religiosas.

conscientious objector

locución nominal con flexión de género (no respeta ley por conciencia)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Juan es un objetor de conciencia.
Juan is a conscientious objector.

prisoner of conscience

nombre masculino (preso por ideales)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Se pide a nivel internacional la liberación de los presos de conciencia.

have a clear conscience

locución verbal (sin remordimientos)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Tengo la conciencia tranquila porque no perjudiqué a nadie.

have peace of mind

locución verbal (paz de pensamiento)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Duerme muy bien porque tiene la conciencia tranquila.

awareness

locución nominal femenina (persona: recapacitar)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La toma de conciencia es un paso necesario para enmendar errores.
Awareness is a necessary step in order to correct mistakes.

become aware of

locución verbal (darse cuenta de algo)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Cuando las personas tomaron conciencia del alto consumo de agua en sus hogares, la amenaza de sequía terminó.
When people became aware of the high consumption of water in their homes, the threat of drought ended.

voice of your conscience

(voz interior)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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