costumbrismo
Spanish, noun/kostumˈbɾismo/
costumbrismo is spelled C-O-S-T-U-M-B-R-I-S-M-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 68,358th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Costumbrismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “costumbrismo, costumbrism (the literary or pictorial interpretation of local everyday life, mannerisms, and customs, primarily in the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Movimiento artístico que refleja los usos y costumbres de la sociedad, referidos a una región o país concreto…”.
What does costumbrismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecostumbrismo, costumbrism (the literary or pictorial interpretation of local everyday life, mannerisms, and customs, primarily in the Hispanic scene, and particularly in the 19th century)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Movimiento artístico que refleja los usos y costumbres de la sociedad, referidos a una región o país concreto y al conjunto de su folclore tradicional.
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 costumbrismo
- costumbrismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce costumbrismo?
- /kostumˈbɾismo/
- [kos.t̪ũmˈbɾiz.mo]
- [kost̪ũmˈbɾismo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is costumbrismo in Spanish?
costumbrismo appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).