ordalía
Spanish, noun/oɾdaˈlia/
ordalía is spelled O-R-D-A-L-Í-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish, the 142,722nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ordalía is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “ordeal, trial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Método bárbaro usado por los cristianos de la Edad Media para probar la inocencia o culpabilidad del acusado.…”.
What does ordalía mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineordeal, trial
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Método bárbaro usado por los cristianos de la Edad Media para probar la inocencia o culpabilidad del acusado. Consistía en superar incólume alguna prueba tal como un sorteo, la prueba del fuego, un duelo u otra semejante. Sinónimo de juicio de Dios.
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 ordalía
- ordalías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ordalía?
- /oɾdaˈlia/
- [oɾ.ð̞aˈli.a]
- [oɾð̞aˈlia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ordalía
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ordalía in Spanish?
ordalía appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).