nostalgia
Spanish, noun/nosˈtalxja/
nostalgia is spelled N-O-S-T-A-L-G-I-A (9 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,830th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nostalgia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “nostalgia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sentimiento que se produce al echar de menos los buenos momentos del pasado. Se puede estar nostálgico o…”.
What does nostalgia mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sentimiento que se produce al echar de menos los buenos momentos del pasado. Se puede estar nostálgico o tener nostalgia de algo o de alguien.
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 nostalgia
- nostalgias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nostalgia?
- /nosˈtalxja/
- [nosˈt̪al.xja]
- [nosˈt̪alxja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nostalgia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nostalgia in Spanish?
nostalgia appears 8.9 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).