encogimiento
Spanish, noun/enkoxiˈmjento/
encogimiento is spelled E-N-C-O-G-I-M-I-E-N-T-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 91,681st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encogimiento is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “shrug (of the shoulders)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de encoger o de encogerse”.
What does encogimiento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshrug (of the shoulders)
- 2
masculineshrinking
- 3
masculineshyness
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de encoger o de encogerse.
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 encogimiento
- encogimientos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encogimiento?
- /enkoxiˈmjento/
- [ẽŋ.ko.xiˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
- [ẽŋkoxiˈmjẽn̪t̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to encogimiento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is encogimiento in Spanish?
encogimiento appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).