petulancia
Spanish, noun/petuˈlanθja/
petulancia is spelled P-E-T-U-L-A-N-C-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 125,209th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Petulancia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “self-pride, conceitedness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Presunción exagerada y vana”.
What does petulancia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineself-pride, conceitedness
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Presunción exagerada y vana. 2. Insolencia, atrevimiento o descaro.
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 petulancia
- petulancias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce petulancia?
- /petuˈlanθja/
- [pe.t̪uˈlãn̟.θja]
- /petuˈlansja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to petulancia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is petulancia in Spanish?
petulancia appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).