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formalidad

Spanish, noun/foɾmaliˈdad/

formalidad is spelled F-O-R-M-A-L-I-D-A-D (10 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,282nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Formalidad is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “formality” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Precisión, concreción y puntualidad”.

What does formalidad mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineformality

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Precisión, concreción y puntualidad. 2. Trámite o exigencia necesaria para la ejecución de algo. 3. Procedimiento concreto de ejecución de un acto público. 4. Solemnidad, gravedad, buen comportamiento.

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 formalidad

  • formalidades plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce formalidad?

  • /foɾmaliˈdad/
  • [foɾ.ma.liˈð̞að̞]
  • [foɾmaliˈð̞að̞]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to formalidad

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is formalidad in Spanish?

formalidad appears 2.0 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).

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