ignorancia
Spanish, noun/iɡnoˈɾanθja/
ignorancia is spelled I-G-N-O-R-A-N-C-I-A (10 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,231st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ignorancia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “ignorance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ausencia de educación, instrucción o información”.
What does ignorancia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineignorance
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ausencia de educación, instrucción o información. 2. Ausencia de saber. 3. Falta de conocimiento. Ejemplo: No pude responder a sus preguntas porque mi ignorancia sobre el tema era total.
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 ignorancia
- ignorancias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ignorancia?
- /iɡnoˈɾanθja/
- [iɣ̞.noˈɾãn̟.θja]
- /iɡnoˈɾansja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ignorancia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ignorancia in Spanish?
ignorancia appears 19 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).