pedante
Spanish, noun/peˈdante/
pedante is spelled P-E-D-A-N-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 39,622nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pedante is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “pedant (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Maestro de primera enseñanza que dictaba clases privadas a domicilio para los hijos de familias pudientes”.
What does pedante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepedantic
noun
- 1
femininemasculinepedant (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maestro de primera enseñanza que dictaba clases privadas a domicilio para los hijos de familias pudientes.
adjective: 1. Que alardea y se envanece de sus conocimientos, con o sin causa para ello. 2. Dicho de una cosa o actitud, propia de un pedante₂.
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 pedante
- pedantes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pedante?
- /peˈdante/
- [peˈð̞ãn̪.t̪e]
- [peˈð̞ãn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pedante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pedante in Spanish?
pedante appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).