apología
Spanish, noun/apoloˈxia/
apología is spelled A-P-O-L-O-G-Í-A (8 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,361st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apología is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “apology (a justification or defense)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Discurso de palabra o escrito, en defensa, justificación, alabanza o adulación de personas, actitudes o cosas”.
What does apología mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineapology (a justification or defense)
- 2
USfeminineapology (an excuse or expression of remorse for a wrongdoing)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Discurso de palabra o escrito, en defensa, justificación, alabanza o adulación de personas, actitudes o cosas.
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 apología
- apologías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apología?
- /apoloˈxia/
- [a.po.loˈxi.a]
- [apoloˈxia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apología
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apología in Spanish?
apología appears 3.0 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).