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aliá

Spanish, noun

aliá is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “aliyah (Jewish immigration to Israel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a second-person singular voseo imperative of aliar. With an accent, alía is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ascenso al púlpito para la lectura de la torá durante el oficio religioso”.

What does aliá mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininealiyah (Jewish immigration to Israel)

verb

  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of aliar

verb

as alía
  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Ascenso al púlpito para la lectura de la torá durante el oficio religioso. 2. Inmigración a Israel.

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 aliá

  • aliás plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to aliá

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is aliá in Spanish?

aliá appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).