estenografía
Spanish, noun/estenoɡɾaˈfia/
estenografía is spelled E-S-T-E-N-O-G-R-A-F-Í-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written Spanish, the 217,717th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estenografía is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “shorthand; stenography, tachygraphy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sistema de escritura rápido y conciso que permite transcribir un discurso a la misma velocidad a la que se…”.
What does estenografía mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshorthand; stenography, tachygraphy
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sistema de escritura rápido y conciso que permite transcribir un discurso a la misma velocidad a la que se habla. Para ello se suelen emplear trazos breves, abreviaturas y caracteres especiales para representar letras, palabras e incluso frases.
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 estenografía
- estenografías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estenografía?
- /estenoɡɾaˈfia/
- [es.t̪e.no.ɣ̞ɾaˈfi.a]
- [est̪enoɣ̞ɾaˈfia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estenografía
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estenografía in Spanish?
estenografía appears about once in every 37 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).