santería
Spanish, noun/santeˈɾia/
santería is spelled S-A-N-T-E-R-Í-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 49,460th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Santería is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “santería” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conjunto de sistemas religiosos que funden creencias católicas con la cultura tradicional del oeste africano…”.
What does santería mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesantería
- 2
femininewitchcraft
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conjunto de sistemas religiosos que funden creencias católicas con la cultura tradicional del oeste africano (yoruba).
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 santería
- santerías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce santería?
- /santeˈɾia/
- [sãn̪.t̪eˈɾi.a]
- [sãn̪t̪eˈɾia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is santería in Spanish?
santería appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).