contemplación
Spanish, noun/kontemplaˈθjon/
contemplación is spelled C-O-N-T-E-M-P-L-A-C-I-Ó-N (13 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,959th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contemplación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “contemplation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de contemplar”.
What does contemplación mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecontemplation
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de contemplar.
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 contemplación
- contemplaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contemplación?
- /kontemplaˈθjon/
- [kõn̪.t̪ẽm.plaˈθjõn]
- /kontemplaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contemplación
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contemplación in Spanish?
contemplación appears 1.9 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).