academia
Spanish, noun/akaˈdemja/
academia is spelled A-C-A-D-E-M-I-A (8 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,450th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Academia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “academy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sociedad científica, literaria o artística cuyo establecimiento tiene autoridad pública”.
What does academia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineacademy
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sociedad científica, literaria o artística cuyo establecimiento tiene autoridad pública. 2. Lugar docente donde se da enseñanza a los alumnos que quieren prepararse para una carrera o profesión. 3. Sociedad de hombres de letras, sabios y artistas. 4. Ejercicio de pintura o dibujo en que se trabaja con arreglo a un modelo desnudo.
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 academia
- academias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce academia?
- /akaˈdemja/
- [a.kaˈð̞e.mja]
- [akaˈð̞emja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to academia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is academia in Spanish?
academia appears 35 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).