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hemisferio

Spanish, noun/emisˈfeɾjo/

hemisferio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “hemisphere (half of the celestial sphere)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cada una de las mitades del globo terrestre, a partir del Ecuador o del Meridiano de Greenwich. Son el…”.

What does hemisferio mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinehemisphere (half of the celestial sphere)

  2. 2

    masculinehemisphere (half of the Earth)

  3. 3

    masculinehemisphere (half of any sphere)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Cada una de las mitades del globo terrestre, a partir del Ecuador o del Meridiano de Greenwich. Son el hemisferio norte y el hemisferio sur. 2. Cada una de las dos mitades de una esfera, al dividirla por un plano que pasa por su centro.

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 hemisferio

  • hemisferios plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce hemisferio?

  • /emisˈfeɾjo/
  • [e.misˈfe.ɾjo]
  • [emisˈfeɾjo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to hemisferio

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is hemisferio in Spanish?

hemisferio appears 5.6 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).