plegaria
Spanish, noun
plegaria is spelled P-L-E-G-A-R-I-A (8 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,282nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plegaria is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “request, asking, prayer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, plegaría is a different word: “first/third-person singular conditional of plegar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Esfuerzo de comunicarse con alguna deidad o espíritu, ya sea para ofrecer pleitesía, hacer una petición o…”.
What does plegaria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerequest, asking, prayer
- 2
feminineintercession (prayer)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular conditional of plegar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Esfuerzo de comunicarse con alguna deidad o espíritu, ya sea para ofrecer pleitesía, hacer una petición o simplemente expresar los pensamientos y las emociones 2. Texto ritual que se utiliza para este esfuerzo, como el padrenuestro cristiano, el shemá Israel judío o las cinco plegarias diarias del salat musulmán
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 plegaria
- plegarias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to plegaria
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plegaria in Spanish?
plegaria appears 2.0 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).