penitenciaría
Spanish, noun
penitenciaría is spelled P-E-N-I-T-E-N-C-I-A-R-Í-A (13 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 31,236th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Penitenciaría is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “penitentiary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular conditional of penitenciar. Without its accent, penitenciaria is a different word: “feminine singular of penitenciario”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Establecimiento carcelario en que sufren sus condenas los presos, sujetos a un régimen que, haciéndoles…”.
What does penitenciaría mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepenitentiary
- 2
feminineprison
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular conditional of penitenciar
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of penitenciario
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Establecimiento carcelario en que sufren sus condenas los presos, sujetos a un régimen que, haciéndoles expiar sus delitos, apunta a su enmienda y mejora. 2. Dignidad, oficio o cargo de penitenciario. 3. Tribunal eclesiástico de la corte de Roma, compuesto de varios individuos y un cardenal presidente, para acordar y despachar las bulas y gracias de dispensaciones pertenecientes a materias de conciencia.
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 penitenciaría
- penitenciarías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to penitenciaría
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is penitenciaría in Spanish?
penitenciaría appears 1.2 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).