cognoscente
Spanish, adjective/koɡnosˈθente/
cognoscente is spelled C-O-G-N-O-S-C-E-N-T-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written Spanish, the 231,957th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cognoscente is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “cognitive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que emplea o tiene la capacidad de conocer (usar las facultades mentales para tener conciencia o noción de…”.
What does cognoscente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecognitive
- 2
femininemasculineaware
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que emplea o tiene la capacidad de conocer (usar las facultades mentales para tener conciencia o noción de las cosas).
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 cognoscente
- cognoscentes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cognoscente?
- /koɡnosˈθente/
- [koɣ̞.nosˈθẽn̪.t̪e]
- /koɡnoˈsente/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cognoscente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cognoscente in Spanish?
cognoscente appears about once in every 43 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).