ablución
Spanish, noun/abluˈθjon/
ablución is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “ablution (the act of washing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción de lavar; inmersión en agua”.
What does ablución mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineablution (the act of washing)
- 2
feminineablution (act of washing as a religious rite)
- 3
feminineablution (rinsing of the priest's hands)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción de lavar; inmersión en agua. 2. Ritual de purificación por medio del agua, común en numerosos cultos y religiones de todo el mundo. 3. Ceremonia de purificación en que el sacerdote lava sus dedos y los medios usados para contener las especies eucarísticas en la misa católica.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ablución
- abluciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ablución?
- /abluˈθjon/
- [a.β̞luˈθjõn]
- /abluˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ablución
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ablución in Spanish?
ablución appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).