legítima

Spanish, noun

legítima is spelled L-E-G-Í-T-I-M-A (8 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,091st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Legítima is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “legitime; forced heirship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of legítimo. Without its accent, legitima is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative”. With an accent, legitimá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of legitimar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Parte de la herencia de la cual el testador no puede disponer por completo puesto que está asignada por ley a…”.