ego
Spanish, noun/ˈeɡo/
ego is spelled E-G-O (3 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,873rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ego is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “ego” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conciencia de la persona humana, en especial en cuanto es capaz de percibir la realidad”.
What does ego mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineego
suffix
- 1
masculineforms adjectives from nouns and verbs, often indicating a relation, belonging, or origin
- 2
masculineforms nouns, especially for people
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conciencia de la persona humana, en especial en cuanto es capaz de percibir la realidad 2. En el modelo estructural de Freud, fuerza psíquica desarrollada de acuerdo al principio de realidad, que media entre las regiones conscientes e inconscientes de la vida psíquica llevando a cabo varias funciones, entre ellas la memoria, la sensación, la defensa psíquica y el análisis racional 3. Valoración positiva que un sujeto hace de sí mismo
suffix: 1. Forma adjetivos, y algunos sustantivos, indicando "que tiene relación a, similitud con, afición por, u origen en" lo que significa la raíz.
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 ego
- egos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ego?
- /ˈeɡo/
- [ˈe.ɣ̞o]
- [ˈeɣ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ego
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ego in Spanish?
ego appears 10 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).