gloria
Spanish, noun
gloria is spelled G-L-O-R-I-A (6 letters) and appears 33 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,555th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gloria is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “glory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, gloría is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative”. With an accent, gloriá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of gloriar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Felicidad verdadera del hombre junto a Dios”.
What does gloria mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineglory
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of gloriar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Felicidad verdadera del hombre junto a Dios. 2. Felicidad eterna en el más allá. 3. Reconocimiento generalizado por las virtudes o la obra de una persona. 4. Estado de gran desarrollo, expansión o manifestación plena de virtud.
noun: 1. Cántico religioso cristiano, que comienza con las palabras Gloria in excelsis Deo.
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 gloria
- glorias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to gloria
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gloria in Spanish?
gloria appears 33 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).