encáustica
Spanish, noun/enˈkaustika/
encáustica is spelled E-N-C-Á-U-S-T-I-C-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish, the 185,934th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encáustica is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “encaustic (painting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Técnica pictórica mural consistente en aplicar el color a con cera fundida y cuya aplicación se realiza en…”.
What does encáustica mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineencaustic (painting)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Técnica pictórica mural consistente en aplicar el color a con cera fundida y cuya aplicación se realiza en caliente. Es una técnica conocida y utilizada desde la Antigüedad.
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 encáustica
- encáusticas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encáustica?
- /enˈkaustika/
- [ẽŋˈkau̯s.t̪i.ka]
- [ẽŋˈkawst̪ika]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is encáustica in Spanish?
encáustica appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).