Spanish Conversation · Level 40
75 words
Spanish word
humanidad
Pronunciation
IPA/umaniˈðað/
Meaning
- feminine nounhumanity
Example
La humanidad enfrenta muchos retos.
Humanity faces many challenges.
More examples
La historia de la humanidad muestra avances y retrocesos.
The history of humanity shows advances and setbacks.
Core concept
The shared human qualities that define people, such as empathy and mortality.
Common phrases
toda la humanidad
all of humanity
la historia de la humanidad
the history of humanity
Similar words
gente: Many people present in a place or forming a social group.
persona: A single human being regarded as a person with personal identity.
individuo: One human being considered as an individual unit, seen separately.
población: All people living in a particular geographic area or country.
Definition in Spanish
Recoge tanto la idea de la especie humana en su totalidad como la de la cualidad ética de compasión.
Word origin
From medieval Latin humanitas (from Latin humanus 'human'), a noun that came to cover both 'human nature' and the quality of being humane in Spanish.
Usage tips
- To talk about human nature, prefer 'la naturaleza humana'; to emphasize humankind as a whole say 'la humanidad entera', and to emphasize compassion use 'la compasión'.
Other meanings
- human naturenoun
- compassionnoun
Opposites
- inhumanidadinhumanitynoun
- barbariebarbarismnoun
Related words
- humanohumanadjective
- humanitariohumanitarianadjective
- humanizarhumanizeverb