onomatopeya
Spanish, noun/onomatoˈpeʝa/
onomatopeya is spelled O-N-O-M-A-T-O-P-E-Y-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 79,842nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Onomatopeya is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “onomatopoeia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Propiedad de la palabra de pronunciarse de forma similar a lo que representa”.
What does onomatopeya mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineonomatopoeia
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Propiedad de la palabra de pronunciarse de forma similar a lo que representa. 2. Palabra que tiene la propiedad onomatopeya(1).
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 onomatopeya
- onomatopeyas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce onomatopeya?
- /onomatoˈpeʝa/
- [o.no.ma.t̪oˈpe.ʝa]
- [onomat̪oˈpeʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to onomatopeya
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is onomatopeya in Spanish?
onomatopeya appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).