disimulo
Spanish, noun
disimulo is spelled D-I-S-I-M-U-L-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 35,911th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Disimulo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “craftiness, underhandedness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of disimular. With an accent, disimuló is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of disimular”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Arte con que se oculta lo que se siente interiormente”.
What does disimulo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecraftiness, underhandedness
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of disimular
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of disimular
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arte con que se oculta lo que se siente interiormente. 2. Fingimiento, artificio, actitud de aparentar o simular una intención o realidad diferente a la que es. 3. Indulgencia, tolerancia. 4. Portero de la cárcel.
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 disimulo
- disimulos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to disimulo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is disimulo in Spanish?
disimulo 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).