compendio
Spanish, noun
compendio is spelled C-O-M-P-E-N-D-I-O (9 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,593rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Compendio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “compendium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of compendiar. With an accent, compendió is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of compendiar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Exposición breve de lo más importante sobre un tema”.
What does compendio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecompendium
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of compendiar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of compendiar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Exposición breve de lo más importante sobre un tema. 2. Compilación breve pero detallada y precisa de un área determinada del conocimiento humano. 3. Dificultad que resulta de la combinación de diferentes factores adversos.
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 compendio
- compendios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to compendio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is compendio in Spanish?
compendio appears 2.3 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).