reverencia
Spanish, noun
reverencia is spelled R-E-V-E-R-E-N-C-I-A (10 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,596th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reverencia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “reverence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of reverenciar. With an accent, reverenciá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of reverenciar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Respeto o veneración que tiene una persona hacia otra”.
What does reverencia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininereverence
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of reverenciar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Respeto o veneración que tiene una persona hacia otra. 2. Inclinación del cuerpo en señal de respeto o veneración. 3. Tratamiento que se da a los religiosos condecorados.
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 reverencia
- reverencias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to reverencia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reverencia in Spanish?
reverencia 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).