amigdalectomía
Spanish, noun/amiɡdaleɡtoˈmia/
amigdalectomía is spelled A-M-I-G-D-A-L-E-C-T-O-M-Í-A (14 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written Spanish, the 206,423rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amigdalectomía is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “tonsillectomy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cirugía para eliminar las amígdalas”.
What does amigdalectomía mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetonsillectomy
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cirugía para eliminar las amígdalas.
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 amigdalectomía
- amigdalectomías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amigdalectomía?
- /amiɡdaleɡtoˈmia/
- [a.miɣ̞.ð̞a.leɣ̞.t̪oˈmi.a]
- [amiɣ̞ð̞alekt̪oˈmia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amigdalectomía
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amigdalectomía in Spanish?
amigdalectomía appears about once in every 33 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).