homilía
Spanish, noun/omiˈlia/
homilía is spelled H-O-M-I-L-Í-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 45,779th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Homilía is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “homily” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Razonamiento o plática que se hace para explicar al pueblo las materias de religión”.
What does homilía mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehomily
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Razonamiento o plática que se hace para explicar al pueblo las materias de religión. 2. Parte de la ceremonia religiosa en el ritual de la Iglesia católica, en donde se hace exhortación sobre las lecturas y/o el sacramento que se realiza, con el fin de hacer más inteligibles los pasajes de la Biblia que se acaban de proclamar en la asamblea litúrgica.
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 homilía
- homilías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce homilía?
- /omiˈlia/
- [o.miˈli.a]
- [omiˈlia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to homilía
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is homilía in Spanish?
homilía 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).