hermenéutica
Spanish, noun
hermenéutica is spelled H-E-R-M-E-N-É-U-T-I-C-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 47,595th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hermenéutica is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “hermeneutics (the science of interpretation of texts, especially holy texts)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of hermenéutico (“hermeneutic, hermeneutical”). With an accent, hermeneútica is a different word: “hermeneutics”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Teoría y método para la interpretación de textos, que busca establecer el sentido original de un texto para…”.
What does hermenéutica mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehermeneutics (the science of interpretation of texts, especially holy texts)
- 2
femininehermeneutic (a particular system of interpretation)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of hermenéutico (“hermeneutic, hermeneutical”)
noun
- 1
femininehermeneutics
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of hermeneútico
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Teoría y método para la interpretación de textos, que busca establecer el sentido original de un texto para su autor o para la comunidad en la que se produjo. 2. En particular, interpretación –muchas veces alegórica– de la Biblia y otros textos que las distintas religiones consideran sagrados.
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 hermenéutica
- hermenéuticas plural
- hermeneúticas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to hermenéutica
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hermenéutica in Spanish?
hermenéutica appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).