alfabetización
Spanish, noun/alfabetiθaˈθjon/
alfabetización is spelled A-L-F-A-B-E-T-I-Z-A-C-I-Ó-N (14 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,054th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alfabetización is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “literacy instruction; an effort to counter illiteracy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de alfabetizar”.
What does alfabetización mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineliteracy instruction; an effort to counter illiteracy
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de alfabetizar.
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 alfabetización
- alfabetizaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alfabetización?
- /alfabetiθaˈθjon/
- [al.fa.β̞e.t̪i.θaˈθjõn]
- /alfabetisaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alfabetización
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alfabetización in Spanish?
alfabetización appears 3.0 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).