disciplina
Spanish, noun
disciplina is spelled D-I-S-C-I-P-L-I-N-A (10 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,314th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Disciplina is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “discipline (control)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of disciplinar. With an accent, discipliná is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of disciplinar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Capacidad del carácter para controlar los impulsos, en especial los que apartan de una meta ardua o inclinan…”.
What does disciplina mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediscipline (control)
- 2
femininediscipline, subject (area of study)
- 3
femininedisciplina (a hemp whip similar to the cat-o'-nine-tails)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of disciplinar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Capacidad del carácter para controlar los impulsos, en especial los que apartan de una meta ardua o inclinan a un goce inmediato 2. Por extensión, régimen normativo que se impone a un grupo o estamento, en particular militar o religioso 3. Rama del saber caracterizada por métodos y objetos específicos 4. Rama del deporte.
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 disciplina
- disciplinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to disciplina
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is disciplina in Spanish?
disciplina appears 18 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).