abnegación
Spanish, noun/abneɡaˈθjon/
abnegación is spelled A-B-N-E-G-A-C-I-Ó-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 48,253rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abnegación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “abnegation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sacrificio de la voluntad o de los intereses personales por el bien del prójimo o en favor de una causa…”.
What does abnegación mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineabnegation
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sacrificio de la voluntad o de los intereses personales por el bien del prójimo o en favor de una causa altruista.
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 abnegación
- abnegaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abnegación?
- /abneɡaˈθjon/
- [aβ̞.ne.ɣ̞aˈθjõn]
- /abneɡaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abnegación
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abnegación in Spanish?
abnegación appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).