decomiso
Spanish, noun
decomiso is spelled D-E-C-O-M-I-S-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,742nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Decomiso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “forfeiture, confiscation, seizure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of decomisar. With an accent, decomisó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of decomisar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción de infligir un castigo que consiste en adueñar o privar de los bienes causa un delito, a favor del…”.
What does decomiso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineforfeiture, confiscation, seizure
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of decomisar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of decomisar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción de infligir un castigo que consiste en adueñar o privar de los bienes causa un delito, a favor del enriquecimiento del estado. 2. Retirada del mercado los productos ilegales o prohibidos por las autoridades. 3. Institución que se ocupa de vender mercancías provenientes del decomiso.
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 decomiso
- decomisos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to decomiso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is decomiso in Spanish?
decomiso appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).