glosolalia
Spanish, noun/ɡlosoˈlalja/
glosolalia is spelled G-L-O-S-O-L-A-L-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written Spanish, the 260,274th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glosolalia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “glossolalia, speaking in tongues” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Supuesta capacidad milagrosa de hablar lenguas desconocidas para el hablante por efecto de una gracia especial”.
What does glosolalia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineglossolalia, speaking in tongues
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Supuesta capacidad milagrosa de hablar lenguas desconocidas para el hablante por efecto de una gracia especial 2. Vocalización ininteligible pero similar en ritmo y estructura al lenguaje, que se observa en el habla infantil o como efecto de un trance o un cuadro psicopatológico
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 glosolalia
- glosolalias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce glosolalia?
- /ɡlosoˈlalja/
- [ɡlo.soˈla.lja]
- [glosoˈlalja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to glosolalia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is glosolalia in Spanish?
glosolalia appears about once in every 55 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).