asesino
Spanish, noun
asesino is spelled A-S-E-S-I-N-O (7 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,621st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Asesino is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “murderer, killer (person who commits murder)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of asesinar. With an accent, asesinó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of asesinar”.
What does asesino mean in English?
adjective
- 1
murderous, homicidal (intending, or likely to commit murder)
noun
- 1
masculinemurderer, killer (person who commits murder)
- 2
masculineassassin
- 3
masculinetraitor
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of asesinar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of asesinar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que asesina o ha asesinado, en especial si lo tiene por hábito, inclinación u oficio. 2. Por extensión, que causa o manifiesta la intención de causar daño. 3. Propio de, relativo o perteneciente a una secta religiosa ismaelita de los musulmanes shiítas, activa entre los siglos VIII y XIII en el mundo árabe y enfrentada a la dinastía selyúcida. 4. El que engaña a quien se fía de él.
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 asesino
- asesina feminine
- asesinos masculine plural
- asesinas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to asesino
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is asesino in Spanish?
asesino appears 22 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).