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hemeroteca

Spanish, noun/emeɾoˈteka/

hemeroteca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “a place, such a section of a library, where periodicals (newspapers, magazines, and so on) are archived for consultation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sección de una biblioteca en donde se guardan archivos de recortes de periódicos o periódicos completos”.

What does hemeroteca mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininea place, such a section of a library, where periodicals (newspapers, magazines, and so on) are archived for consultation

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Sección de una biblioteca en donde se guardan archivos de recortes de periódicos o periódicos completos.

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 hemeroteca

  • hemerotecas plural

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

How do you pronounce hemeroteca?

  • /emeɾoˈteka/
  • [e.me.ɾoˈt̪e.ka]
  • [emeɾoˈt̪eka]

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

How common is hemeroteca in Spanish?

hemeroteca appears 1.3 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).