maternidad
Spanish, noun/mateɾniˈdad/
maternidad is spelled M-A-T-E-R-N-I-D-A-D (10 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,416th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maternidad is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “motherhood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estado, condición, calidad o cualidad de madre”.
What does maternidad mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemotherhood
- 2
femininematernity
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Estado, condición, calidad o cualidad de madre. 2. Hospital, u otro establecimiento benéfico, especializado en obstetricia.
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 maternidad
- maternidades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maternidad?
- /mateɾniˈdad/
- [ma.t̪eɾ.niˈð̞að̞]
- [mat̪eɾniˈð̞að̞]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maternidad
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maternidad in Spanish?
maternidad appears 6.9 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).