censo
Spanish, noun
censo is spelled C-E-N-S-O (5 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,065th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Censo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “census” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of censar. With an accent, censó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of censar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lista de los ciudadanos de una población o país”.
What does censo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecensus
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of censar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of censar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lista de los ciudadanos de una población o país 2. Lista de ciudadanos y bienes que los censores romanos hacían con motivos fiscales 3. Impuesto o tributo que durante el imperio romano se pagaba por en concepto de vasallaje 4. Pensión anual que algunas iglesias pagaban a los cargos más altos
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 censo
- censos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to censo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is censo in Spanish?
censo appears 19 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).