altanería
Spanish, noun/altaneˈɾia/
altanería is spelled A-L-T-A-N-E-R-Í-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 94,980th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Altanería is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “haughtiness, arrogance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Envanecimiento provocado por un falso sentimiento de superioridad”.
What does altanería mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehaughtiness, arrogance
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Envanecimiento provocado por un falso sentimiento de superioridad. 2. Elevación por encima de una superficie. 3. Vuelo de las aves. 4. Caza producida por aves entrenadas a tal efecto.
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 altanería
- altanerías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce altanería?
- /altaneˈɾia/
- [al̪.t̪a.neˈɾi.a]
- [al̪t̪aneˈɾia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to altanería
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is altanería in Spanish?
altanería appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).