dolencia
Spanish, noun/doˈlenθja/
dolencia is spelled D-O-L-E-N-C-I-A (8 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 31,673rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dolencia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “ailment, illness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Indisposición, achaque, enfermedad”.
What does dolencia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineailment, illness
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Indisposición, achaque, enfermedad. 2. Dolo.
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 dolencia
- dolencias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dolencia?
- /doˈlenθja/
- [d̪oˈlẽn̟.θja]
- /doˈlensja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dolencia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dolencia in Spanish?
dolencia appears 1.2 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).