purificación
Spanish, noun/puɾifikaˈθjon/
purificación is spelled P-U-R-I-F-I-C-A-C-I-Ó-N (12 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,593rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Purificación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “purification” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción de purificar o purificarse, limpiar de aquello que es extraño o no es puro”.
What does purificación mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepurification
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción de purificar o purificarse, limpiar de aquello que es extraño o no es puro. 2. Ceremonia en la misa del rito católico, previa a la ablución. 3. Fiesta en honor a la Virgen, ver Purificación.
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 purificación
- purificaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce purificación?
- /puɾifikaˈθjon/
- [pu.ɾi.fi.kaˈθjõn]
- /puɾifikaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to purificación
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is purificación in Spanish?
purificación appears 2.3 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).