pedantería
Spanish, noun/pedanteˈɾia/
pedantería is spelled P-E-D-A-N-T-E-R-Í-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 84,644th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pedantería is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “pedantry (overly ambitious display of learning)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Alarde vanidoso de conocimientos o erudición, real o falsa, fuera de un contexto social adecuado”.
What does pedantería mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepedantry (overly ambitious display of learning)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Alarde vanidoso de conocimientos o erudición, real o falsa, fuera de un contexto social adecuado. 2. Lo que se dice o hace, en este vanidoso alarde de erudición real o falsa.
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 pedantería
- pedanterías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pedantería?
- /pedanteˈɾia/
- [pe.ð̞ãn̪.t̪eˈɾi.a]
- [peð̞ãn̪t̪eˈɾia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pedantería
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pedantería in Spanish?
pedantería appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).