ecolalia
Spanish, noun/ekoˈlalja/
ecolalia is spelled E-C-O-L-A-L-I-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written Spanish, the 236,842nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ecolalia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “echolalia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Perturbación del lenguaje en la que el sujeto repite involuntariamente una palabra o frase que acaba de…”.
What does ecolalia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineecholalia
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Perturbación del lenguaje en la que el sujeto repite involuntariamente una palabra o frase que acaba de pronunciar otra persona en su presencia, a modo de eco. Normalmente esa repetición tiene un tono de burla, es farfullante o se repite entrecortadamente.
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 ecolalia
- ecolalias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ecolalia?
- /ekoˈlalja/
- [e.koˈla.lja]
- [ekoˈlalja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ecolalia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ecolalia in Spanish?
ecolalia appears about once in every 45 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).