delito
Spanish, noun/deˈlito/
delito is spelled D-E-L-I-T-O (6 letters) and appears 49 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,768th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Delito is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “crime; offense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción que viola la ley y conlleva pena”.
What does delito mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecrime; offense
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción que viola la ley y conlleva pena. 2. En sentido restringido, violación grave de la ley, por contraposición a las faltas e infracciones. 3. Por extensión, acción censurable o reprochable éticamente.
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 delito
- delitos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce delito?
- /deˈlito/
- [d̪eˈli.t̪o]
- [d̪eˈlit̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to delito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is delito in Spanish?
delito appears 49 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).