despacho
Spanish, noun
despacho is spelled D-E-S-P-A-C-H-O (8 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,065th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Despacho is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “dispatch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of despachar. With an accent, despachó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of despachar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de despachar o de despacharse”.
What does despacho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedispatch
- 2
masculineoffice
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of despachar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of despachar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de despachar o de despacharse. 2. Habitación de una vivienda u establecimiento destinada a la gestión de negocios o al estudio. 3. Mobiliario y enseres de un despacho₂. 4. Parte de un establecimiento fabril, artesanal o comercial destinado a la venta y entrega de mercancías.
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 despacho
- despachos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to despacho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is despacho in Spanish?
despacho appears 19 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).