enchufismo
Spanish, noun/ent͡ʃuˈfismo/
enchufismo is spelled E-N-C-H-U-F-I-S-M-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 117,287th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enchufismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cronyism, nepotism, string pulling, getting a job by having friends in high places, to have connections” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Régimen o situación en la que la adjudicación de cargos se realiza por amistad con quien los otorga y no por…”.
What does enchufismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecronyism, nepotism, string pulling, getting a job by having friends in high places, to have connections
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Régimen o situación en la que la adjudicación de cargos se realiza por amistad con quien los otorga y no por mérito.
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 enchufismo
- enchufismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enchufismo?
- /ent͡ʃuˈfismo/
- [ẽnʲ.t͡ʃuˈfiz.mo]
- [ẽnʲt͡ʃuˈfismo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enchufismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enchufismo in Spanish?
enchufismo 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).