convento
Spanish, noun/komˈbento/
convento is spelled C-O-N-V-E-N-T-O (8 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,291st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Convento is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “convent, monastery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Comunidad de religiosos regulares, en especial los católicos, que habitan en una misma residencia”.
What does convento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineconvent, monastery
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Comunidad de religiosos regulares, en especial los católicos, que habitan en una misma residencia. 2. Por extensión, casa o monasterio de una comunidad tal. 3. Hueco entre las cuadernas.
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 convento
- conventos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce convento?
- /komˈbento/
- [kõmˈbẽn̪.t̪o]
- [kõmˈbẽn̪t̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to convento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is convento in Spanish?
convento appears 14 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).