dactiloscopía
Spanish, noun[d̪akt̪ilosˈkopja]
dactiloscopía is spelled D-A-C-T-I-L-O-S-C-O-P-Í-A (13 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish, the 202,162nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dactiloscopía is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “dactyloscopy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Método de identificación humana por medio de sus impresiones dactilares, palmares o plantares”.
What does dactiloscopía mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedactyloscopy
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Método de identificación humana por medio de sus impresiones dactilares, palmares o plantares.
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 dactiloscopía
- dactiloscopías plural
- dactiloscopias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dactiloscopía?
- [d̪akt̪ilosˈkopja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dactiloscopía in Spanish?
dactiloscopía appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).