encendido
Spanish, noun/enθenˈdido/
encendido is spelled E-N-C-E-N-D-I-D-O (9 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,258th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encendido is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “ignition (of a car)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of encender.
What does encendido mean in English?
adjective
- 1
on, activated
- 2
burning
- 3
passionate
- 4
turned on, switched on
noun
- 1
masculineignition (of a car)
verb
- 1
past participle of encender
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Participio de encender.
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 encendido
- encendida feminine
- encendidos masculine plural
- encendidas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encendido?
- /enθenˈdido/
- [ẽn̟.θẽn̪ˈd̪i.ð̞o]
- /ensenˈdido/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to encendido
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is encendido in Spanish?
encendido appears 7.1 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).