enfermería
Spanish, noun/enfeɾmeˈɾia/
enfermería is spelled E-N-F-E-R-M-E-R-Í-A (10 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,091st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enfermería is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “infirmary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Casa o sala destinada para los enfermos”.
What does enfermería mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinfirmary
- 2
femininesickbay
- 3
femininenursing
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Casa o sala destinada para los enfermos. 2. Oficio o profesión del enfermero. 3. El saber o conocimientos del enfermero. 4. Conjunto de enfermos de un establecimiento sanitario.
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 enfermería
- enfermerías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enfermería?
- /enfeɾmeˈɾia/
- [ẽɱ.feɾ.meˈɾi.a]
- [ẽɱfeɾmeˈɾia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enfermería
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enfermería in Spanish?
enfermería appears 7.2 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).