encobijado
Spanish, adjective[ẽŋkoβ̞iˈxað̞o]
encobijado is spelled E-N-C-O-B-I-J-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written Spanish, the 338,601st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encobijado is a Spanish adjective meaning “Wrapped up in a blanket” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does encobijado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Wrapped up in a blanket
- 2
MexicoslangMurdered and left in public, wrapped up in a blanket, as a warning
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Participio de encobijar.
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 encobijado
- encobijada feminine
- encobijados masculine plural
- encobijadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encobijado?
- [ẽŋkoβ̞iˈxað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is encobijado in Spanish?
encobijado appears about once in every 98 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).