historieta

Catalan

Etymology

From història +‎ -eta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [is.tu.ɾiˈe̞.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [is.to.ɾiˈə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [is.tu.ɾiˈɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [is.to.ɾiˈe.ta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Hyphenation: his‧to‧ri‧e‧ta

Noun

historieta f (plural historietes)

1. anecdote

   Synonym: anècdota

2. comic strip

   Synonym: còmic

Further reading

• “historieta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “historieta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “historieta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “historieta”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish historia

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Old French -et

Middle French -et

French -etbor.

Spanish -eta

Spanish historieta

From historia + -eta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /istoˈɾjeta/ [is.t̪oˈɾje.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: his‧to‧rie‧ta

Noun

historieta f (plural historietas)

1. anecdote

   Synonym: anécdota

2. comic strip

   Synonyms: tebeo, cómic

Derived terms

• historietista (“cartoonist”)

Further reading

• “historieta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025