poesía
Spanish, noun/poeˈsia/
poesía is spelled P-O-E-S-Í-A (6 letters) and appears 38 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,249th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poesía is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “poetry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Expresión artística de la belleza por medio de la palabra sujeta a la medida y cadencia, de que resulta el…”.
What does poesía mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepoetry
- 2
femininepoem (a literary piece written in verse)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Expresión artística de la belleza por medio de la palabra sujeta a la medida y cadencia, de que resulta el verso. 2. Género literario cuyo fin inmediato es expresar lo bello, y cada una de las distintas especies o variedades de este género. 3. Obra o composición en verso, especialmente la que pertenece al género lírico. 4. Arte de componer obras poéticas.
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 poesía
- poesías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poesía?
- /poeˈsia/
- [po.eˈsi.a]
- [poeˈsia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to poesía
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is poesía in Spanish?
poesía appears 38 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).