idioma
Spanish, noun/iˈdjoma/
idioma is spelled I-D-I-O-M-A (6 letters) and appears 55 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,576th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Idioma is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sistema para la comunicación de conceptos que utiliza sonidos hablados o representados con un sistema de…”.
What does idioma mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelanguage
el idioma español
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sistema para la comunicación de conceptos que utiliza sonidos hablados o representados con un sistema de símbolos. Usualmente está estructurado con gramática y un sistema de escritura como un alfabeto o silabario. 2. Variedad de un idioma₁ característica de un contexto social determinado.
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 idioma
- idiomas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce idioma?
- /iˈdjoma/
- [iˈð̞jo.ma]
- [iˈð̞joma]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to idioma
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is idioma in Spanish?
idioma appears 55 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).