sigla
Spanish, noun/ˈsiɡla/
sigla is spelled S-I-G-L-A (5 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 25,551st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sigla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “initial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Término formado por las iniciales de las palabras que conforman el nombre de una institución política…”.
What does sigla mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinitial
- 2
feminineacronym (of any type: phonetic acronym or initialism)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Término formado por las iniciales de las palabras que conforman el nombre de una institución política, educativa, etc. 2. Cada una de las letras que constituyen una sigla(1). 3. Marca gráfica empleada para reducir el espacio en la escritura.
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 sigla
- siglas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sigla?
- /ˈsiɡla/
- [ˈsi.ɣ̞la]
- [ˈsiɣ̞la]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sigla
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sigla in Spanish?
sigla appears 1.7 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).