cuñadismo
Spanish, noun/kuɲaˈdismo/
cuñadismo is spelled C-U-Ñ-A-D-I-S-M-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 141,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cuñadismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “the tendency to talk about any subject implying to be smarter than anyone else, with total confidence, and without truly knowing anything…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Forma de nepotismo en la que se favorece a los cuñados”.
What does cuñadismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
Spainderogatoryinformalmasculinethe tendency to talk about any subject implying to be smarter than anyone else, with total confidence, and without truly knowing anything about it; arrogance
- 2
masculinenepotism
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Forma de nepotismo en la que se favorece a los cuñados. 2. Tendencia a expresar opiniones sobre cualquier tema, habitualmente de manera desinformada, únicamente a partir de la experiencia individual o con la intención de quedar por encima de otras personas.
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 cuñadismo
- cuñadismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cuñadismo?
- /kuɲaˈdismo/
- [ku.ɲaˈð̞iz.mo]
- [kuɲaˈð̞ismo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cuñadismo in Spanish?
cuñadismo appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).