contrición
Spanish, noun/kontɾiˈθjon/
contrición is spelled C-O-N-T-R-I-C-I-Ó-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 85,557th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contrición is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “contrition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Arrepentimiento sincero por haber actuado mal”.
What does contrición mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecontrition
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arrepentimiento sincero por haber actuado mal. 2. Dolor y pesar de haber ofendido a Dios por ser quien es y porque se le debe amar por sobre todas las 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 contrición
- contriciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contrición?
- /kontɾiˈθjon/
- [kõn̪.t̪ɾiˈθjõn]
- /kontɾiˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contrición
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contrición in Spanish?
contrición appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).