legitimidad
Spanish, noun/lexitimiˈdad/
legitimidad is spelled L-E-G-I-T-I-M-I-D-A-D (11 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,830th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Legitimidad is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “legitimacy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cualidad de legítimo”.
What does legitimidad mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelegitimacy
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cualidad de legítimo. 2. Consentimiento que recibe el poder del pueblo. 3. Capacidad de ser obedecido sin recurrir a la coacción.
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 legitimidad
- legitimidades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce legitimidad?
- /lexitimiˈdad/
- [le.xi.t̪i.miˈð̞að̞]
- [lexit̪imiˈð̞að̞]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to legitimidad
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is legitimidad in Spanish?
legitimidad appears 8.9 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).