alienista
Spanish, noun/aljeˈnista/
alienista is spelled A-L-I-E-N-I-S-T-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 195,910th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alienista is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “alienist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dícese del médico especialmente dedicado al estudio y curación de las enfermedades mentales”.
What does alienista mean in English?
noun
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dícese del médico especialmente dedicado al estudio y curación de las enfermedades mentales.
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 alienista
- alienistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alienista?
- /aljeˈnista/
- [a.ljeˈnis.t̪a]
- [aljeˈnist̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is alienista in Spanish?
alienista appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).