circuncisión
Spanish, noun/θiɾkunθiˈsjon/
circuncisión is spelled C-I-R-C-U-N-C-I-S-I-Ó-N (12 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 34,480th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Circuncisión is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “circumcision (excising foreskin from penis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Operación de cirugía mediante la cual se corta y retira el prepucio, la piel que cubre el glande del pene…”.
What does circuncisión mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecircumcision (excising foreskin from penis)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Operación de cirugía mediante la cual se corta y retira el prepucio, la piel que cubre el glande del pene, sea por razones religiosas –siendo práctica prescrita por el judaísmo, que la denomina brit, y el Islam– o médicas
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 circuncisión
- circuncisiones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce circuncisión?
- /θiɾkunθiˈsjon/
- [θiɾ.kũn̟.θiˈsjõn]
- /siɾkunsiˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to circuncisión
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is circuncisión in Spanish?
circuncisión appears 1.0 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).