encono

Spanish, noun

encono is spelled E-N-C-O-N-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 88,614th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encono is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “rancor; spite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of enconar. With an accent, enconó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of enconar”. With a tilde, encoño is a different word: “only used in me encoño, first-person singular present indicative of…”. With a tilde, encoñó is a different word: “only used in se encoñó, third-person singular preterite indicative of…”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Rencor arraigado en el ánimo, mala voluntad contra alguien”.