mayéutica
Spanish, noun/maˈʝeutika/
mayéutica is spelled M-A-Y-É-U-T-I-C-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish, the 160,355th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mayéutica is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “maieutics, Socratic method” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of mayéutico. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Método aplicado por Sócrates a través del cual el maestro hace que el alumno, por medio de preguntas…”.
What does mayéutica mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemaieutics, Socratic method
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of mayéutico
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Método aplicado por Sócrates a través del cual el maestro hace que el alumno, por medio de preguntas, descubra conocimientos.
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 mayéutica
- mayéuticas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mayéutica?
- /maˈʝeutika/
- [maˈʝeu̯.t̪i.ka]
- [maˈʝewt̪ika]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mayéutica in Spanish?
mayéutica appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).