alquimia
Spanish, noun/alˈkimja/
alquimia is spelled A-L-Q-U-I-M-I-A (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 29,514th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alquimia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “alchemy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Transformación maravillosa e increíble”.
What does alquimia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealchemy
- 2
feminineobsoletesynonym of latón (“brass”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Antigua práctica protocientífica y disciplina filosófica que combina elementos de la química, la física, la medicina, la astrología y otros, popularmente citada como búsqueda de transformar plomo (u otros elementos) en oro o lograr la panacea universal. Es la precursora de la química. 2. Transformación maravillosa e increíble. 3. Latón.
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 alquimia
- alquimias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alquimia?
- /alˈkimja/
- [alˈki.mja]
- Spain [alˈkimja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alquimia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alquimia in Spanish?
alquimia appears 1.3 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).