complemento
Spanish, noun
complemento is spelled C-O-M-P-L-E-M-E-N-T-O (11 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,631st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Complemento is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “complement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of complementar. With an accent, complementó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of complementar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Elemento que se añade para completar o perfeccionar una cosa”.
What does complemento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecomplement
- 2
masculineobject
- 3
masculineperfection
- 4
masculineaccessory
- 5
masculineside-dish
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of complementar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of complementar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Elemento que se añade para completar o perfeccionar una cosa. 2. Accesorio para la ropa, la decoración, etc. 3. Grupo de proteínas que se reúnen alrededor de una célula extraña al organismo para protegerlo de esta. 4. Ángulo o arco que se suma a otro para crear un ángulo recto o un cuadrante, respectivamente.
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 complemento
- complementos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to complemento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is complemento in Spanish?
complemento appears 7.8 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).