letanía
Spanish, noun/letaˈnia/
letanía is spelled L-E-T-A-N-Í-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 56,127th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Letanía is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “litany (a ritual liturgical prayer)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Rogativa, súplica que se hace a Dios con cierto orden, invocando a la Santísima Trinidad y poniendo por…”.
What does letanía mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelitany (a ritual liturgical prayer)
- 2
femininelitany (a prolonged or tedious list)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rogativa, súplica que se hace a Dios con cierto orden, invocando a la Santísima Trinidad y poniendo por medianeros a Jesucristo, la Virgen y los santos. 2. Procesión que se hace regularmente por una rogativa cantando las letanías. 3. Lista, retahíla, enumeración seguida de muchos nombres, locuciones o frases.
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 letanía
- letanías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce letanía?
- /letaˈnia/
- [le.t̪aˈni.a]
- [let̪aˈnia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to letanía
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is letanía in Spanish?
letanía appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).