cognición
Spanish, noun[koɣ̞niˈsjõn]
cognición is spelled C-O-G-N-I-C-I-Ó-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 53,393rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cognición is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “cognition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Proceso y resultado de conocer (usar las facultades intelectuales para tener conciencia o noción de las…”.
What does cognición mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecognition
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Proceso y resultado de conocer (usar las facultades intelectuales para tener conciencia o noción de las cosas). 2. Capacidad para recibir, recordar, comprender, organizar, procesar y usar la información recogida por los sentidos. 3. Percepción mental o intuición sobre el ser total e individual de algo o de alguien.
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 cognición
- cogniciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cognición?
- [koɣ̞niˈsjõn]
- [koɣ̞nisiˈõn]
- [koɣ̞niˈθjõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cognición
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cognición in Spanish?
cognición appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).