perogrullada
Spanish, noun/peɾoɡɾuˈʝada/
perogrullada is spelled P-E-R-O-G-R-U-L-L-A-D-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 118,609th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perogrullada is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “truism (obvious truth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Expresión que por demasiado obvia y sabida, resulta banal o poco inteligente decirla”.
What does perogrullada mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininetruism (obvious truth)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Expresión que por demasiado obvia y sabida, resulta banal o poco inteligente decirla.
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 perogrullada
- perogrulladas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perogrullada?
- /peɾoɡɾuˈʝada/
- [pe.ɾo.ɣ̞ɾuˈʝa.ð̞a]
- [peɾoɣ̞ɾuˈʝað̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to perogrullada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perogrullada in Spanish?
perogrullada appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).