diezmo
Spanish, noun
diezmo is spelled D-I-E-Z-M-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 37,473rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diezmo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tithe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of diezmar. With an accent, diezmó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of diezmar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cada una de las diez partes iguales en que se divide un todo”.
What does diezmo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetithe
adjective
- 1
archaictenth
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of diezmar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of diezmar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cada una de las diez partes iguales en que se divide un todo. 2. Impuesto que se pagaba al rey que se calculaba como el 10% del valor de las mercancias que llegaban a un puerto o transitaban por el reino. 3. La décima parte de los frutos o de los ingresos que apartan los fieles para ser devuelta a Dios y que se entrega a la iglesia para su mantenimiento o de los que sirven en ella.
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 diezmo
- diezmos plural
- diezma feminine
- diezmas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to diezmo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diezmo in Spanish?
diezmo appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).