megaciudad
Spanish, noun/ˌmeɡaθjuˈdad/
megaciudad is spelled M-E-G-A-C-I-U-D-A-D (10 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish, the 202,162nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Megaciudad is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “megacity; megalopolis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aglomeración urbana de, al menos, 10 millones de habitantes”.
What does megaciudad mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemegacity; megalopolis
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aglomeración urbana de, al menos, 10 millones de habitantes.
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 megaciudad
- megaciudades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce megaciudad?
- /ˌmeɡaθjuˈdad/
- [ˌme.ɣ̞a.θjuˈð̞að̞]
- /ˌmeɡasjuˈdad/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to megaciudad
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is megaciudad in Spanish?
megaciudad appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).