cretinismo
Spanish, noun/kɾetiˈnismo/
cretinismo is spelled C-R-E-T-I-N-I-S-M-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish, the 142,722nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cretinismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cretinism (the disease)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Deficiencia congénita o ambientalmente inducida de la secreción de la tiroides, que de no ser tratada puede…”.
What does cretinismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecretinism (the disease)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Deficiencia congénita o ambientalmente inducida de la secreción de la tiroides, que de no ser tratada puede provocar serios defectos físicos y mentales
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 cretinismo
- cretinismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cretinismo?
- /kɾetiˈnismo/
- [kɾe.t̪iˈniz.mo]
- [kɾet̪iˈnismo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cretinismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cretinismo in Spanish?
cretinismo appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).