jitanjáfora
Spanish, noun[xit̪ãŋˈxafoɾa]
jitanjáfora is spelled J-I-T-A-N-J-Á-F-O-R-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written Spanish, the 338,601st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jitanjáfora is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “a nonsense poem” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Composición carente de significado y con un enfoque meramente eufónico, expresando su motivo a partir de…”.
What does jitanjáfora mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea nonsense poem
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Composición carente de significado y con un enfoque meramente eufónico, expresando su motivo a partir de semblantes de palabras.
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 jitanjáfora
- jitanjáforas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jitanjáfora?
- [xit̪ãŋˈxafoɾa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is jitanjáfora in Spanish?
jitanjáfora appears about once in every 98 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).