embolismo
Spanish, noun/emboˈlismo/
embolismo is spelled E-M-B-O-L-I-S-M-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 116,020th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embolismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “embolism (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of embolismar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Decimotercera lunación que se añade al cabo de tres años al año lunar, para sujetarlo al año solar”.
What does embolismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineembolism (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
- 2
masculineembolism (insertion of leap days into the calendar year)
- 3
masculinemess, confusion
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of embolismar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Decimotercera lunación que se añade al cabo de tres años al año lunar, para sujetarlo al año solar.
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 embolismo
- embolismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embolismo?
- /emboˈlismo/
- [ẽm.boˈliz.mo]
- [ẽmboˈlismo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to embolismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embolismo in Spanish?
embolismo appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).