jurisdicción
Spanish, noun/xuɾisdiɡˈθjon/
jurisdicción is spelled J-U-R-I-S-D-I-C-C-I-Ó-N (12 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,378th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jurisdicción is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “jurisdiction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poder o autoridad que tiene alguien para gobernar”.
What does jurisdicción mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininejurisdiction
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Poder o autoridad que tiene alguien para gobernar. 2. Poder y autoridad para juzgar y para interpretar y aplicar las leyes. 3. Autoridad o poder sobre algo o alguien. 4. Territorio en el que se ejerce una autoridad para gobernar y hacer ejecutar las leyes.
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 jurisdicción
- jurisdicciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jurisdicción?
- /xuɾisdiɡˈθjon/
- [xu.ɾiz.ð̞iɣ̞ˈθjõn]
- /xuɾisdiɡˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jurisdicción
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jurisdicción in Spanish?
jurisdicción appears 14 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).