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banalidad

Spanish, noun/banaliˈdad/

banalidad is spelled B-A-N-A-L-I-D-A-D (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 59,064th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Banalidad is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “banality” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dicho de un asunto, de importancia escasa o nula”.

What does banalidad mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininebanality

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Dicho de un asunto, de importancia escasa o nula. 2. Frase o dicho insubstancial que a veces puede rayar en lo tonto.

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 banalidad

  • banalidades plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce banalidad?

  • /banaliˈdad/
  • [ba.na.liˈð̞að̞]
  • [banaliˈð̞að̞]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to banalidad

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is banalidad in Spanish?

banalidad appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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