encomio
Spanish, noun
encomio is spelled E-N-C-O-M-I-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 119,889th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encomio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “encomium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of encomiar. With an accent, encomió is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of encomiar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Alabanza encarecida”.
What does encomio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineencomium
- 2
masculinepraise, commendation
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of encomiar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of encomiar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Alabanza encarecida.
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 encomio
- encomios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to encomio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is encomio in Spanish?
encomio 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).