Usage Note
Condolencia is almost always used in the plural: dar el pésame is informal, but the formal expression is expresar las condolencias. It is a formal register word; in casual speech Spaniards more often say dar el pésame or simply lo siento mucho. The singular is possible but less frequent.
Examples
"Les expresamos nuestras más sinceras condolencias."
Natural Translation
We express our most sincere condolences to them.
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