hipergamia
Spanish, noun/ipeɾˈɡamja/
hipergamia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “hypergamy (act or practice of seeking a spouse of higher socioeconomic status or caste status than oneself)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acto de buscar pareja o cónyuge de mejor nivel social y/o económico que uno mismo”.
What does hipergamia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehypergamy (act or practice of seeking a spouse of higher socioeconomic status or caste status than oneself)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acto de buscar pareja o cónyuge de mejor nivel social y/o económico que uno mismo.
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 hipergamia
- hipergamias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hipergamia?
- /ipeɾˈɡamja/
- [i.peɾˈɣ̞a.mja]
- [ipeɾˈɣ̞amja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hipergamia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hipergamia in Spanish?
hipergamia appears about once in every 47 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).