mojigatería
Spanish, noun[moxiɣ̞at̪eˈɾia]
mojigatería is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “prudishness, sanctimony” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Condición o carácter de mojigato”.
What does mojigatería mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprudishness, sanctimony
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Condición o carácter de mojigato.
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 mojigatería
- mojigaterías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mojigatería?
- [moxiɣ̞at̪eˈɾia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mojigatería
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mojigatería in Spanish?
mojigatería appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).