secta
Spanish, noun/ˈseɡta/
secta is spelled S-E-C-T-A (5 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,627th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Secta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “sect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Doctrina ideológica o religiosa que se independiza o diferencia de otra, enseñada por un maestro que la…”.
What does secta mean in English?
noun
- 1
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- 2
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- 3
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Doctrina ideológica o religiosa que se independiza o diferencia de otra, enseñada por un maestro que la halló, y es seguida y defendida por otros. 2. Conjunto de seguidores de una religión o ideología considerada falsa y que puede llegar a ser peligrosa, puesto que conspira en pequeños grupos con objetivos no siempre claros ni positivos.
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 secta
- sectas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce secta?
- /ˈseɡta/
- [ˈseɣ̞.t̪a]
- [ˈsekt̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to secta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is secta in Spanish?
secta appears 5.9 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).