filacteria
Spanish, noun/filaɡˈteɾja/
filacteria is spelled F-I-L-A-C-T-E-R-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written Spanish, the 193,839th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Filacteria is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “phylactery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cinta o banda, con las extremidades enrolladas y que lleva escrita una leyenda”.
What does filacteria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininephylactery
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cinta o banda, con las extremidades enrolladas y que lleva escrita una leyenda. 2. Implemento ritual, compuesto por dos pequeñas cajuelas de madera recubiertas en cuero y dotadas de una correa del mismo material con la cual se fijan una al brazo izquierdo y otra a la frente durante ciertas plegarias en la tradición judía. En su interior se guardan cuatro fragmentos de pergamino inscritos por un sofer o escriba ritual, con las mismas precauciones tomadas para los rollos de la Tor 3. Objeto empleado como amuleto o protección contra el peligro o el mal.
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 filacteria
- filacterias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce filacteria?
- /filaɡˈteɾja/
- [fi.laɣ̞ˈt̪e.ɾja]
- [filakˈt̪eɾja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to filacteria
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is filacteria in Spanish?
filacteria appears about once in every 29 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).