cédula
Spanish, noun
cédula is spelled C-É-D-U-L-A (6 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,590th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cédula is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “licence, identity document, ID” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, cedula is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative”. With an accent, cedulá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of cedular”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Papel o documento oficial, en que se hace constar una deuda, una obligación o cualquier información de este…”.
What does cédula mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelicence, identity document, ID
cédula de identidad
- 2
femininewarrant, option
- 3
feminineofficial document, documentation, certificate
cédula testamentaria
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of cedular
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Papel o documento oficial, en que se hace constar una deuda, una obligación o cualquier información de este tipo. 2. Pedazo de papel que se usa para escribir algo en él.
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 cédula
- cédulas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cédula
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cédula in Spanish?
cédula appears 6.8 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).