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emoji

Spanish, noun/eˈmoʝi/

emoji is spelled E-M-O-J-I (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 39,106th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Emoji is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “emoji (“digital graphic icon used to represent a concept or object”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Icono digital utilizado para representar un concepto u objeto, utilizado en redes sociales₂ virtuales”.

What does emoji mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineemoji (“digital graphic icon used to represent a concept or object”)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Icono digital utilizado para representar un concepto u objeto, utilizado en redes sociales₂ virtuales.

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 emoji

  • emojis plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce emoji?

  • /eˈmoʝi/
  • [eˈmo.ʝi]
  • [eˈmoxi]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to emoji

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is emoji in Spanish?

emoji 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).

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