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poligamia

Spanish, noun/poliˈɡamja/

poligamia is spelled P-O-L-I-G-A-M-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 40,689th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poligamia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “polygamy (the condition of having more than one spouse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Nupcias de un individuo con varias personas. Si es de un hombre con mujeres se trata de poliginia, de γυνή…”.

What does poligamia mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininepolygamy (the condition of having more than one spouse)

  2. 2

    femininepolygamy (the condition of having more than one mate)

  3. 3

    femininepolygamy (the condition of bearing both perfect and unisexual flowers)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Nupcias de un individuo con varias personas. Si es de un hombre con mujeres se trata de poliginia, de γυνή (giné): mujer. Al caso opuesto se le denomina poliandria, de ανδρός (andrós): del varón. 2. Cualidad de polígamo(a).

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 poligamia

  • poligamias plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce poligamia?

  • /poliˈɡamja/
  • [po.liˈɣ̞a.mja]
  • [poliˈɣ̞amja]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to poligamia

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is poligamia in Spanish?

poligamia appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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