empeñoso
Spanish, adjective/empeˈɲoso/
empeñoso is spelled E-M-P-E-Ñ-O-S-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written Spanish, the 282,928th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empeñoso is a Spanish adjective meaning “diligent, industrious, persevering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que tiene empeño por realizar algún cometido”.
What does empeñoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Latin-Americadiligent, industrious, persevering
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que tiene empeño por realizar algún cometido.
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 empeñoso
- empeñosa feminine
- empeñosos masculine plural
- empeñosas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empeñoso?
- /empeˈɲoso/
- [ẽm.peˈɲo.so]
- [ẽmpeˈɲoso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to empeñoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empeñoso in Spanish?
empeñoso appears about once in every 66 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).