encuesta
Spanish, noun
encuesta is spelled E-N-C-U-E-S-T-A (8 letters) and appears 31 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,709th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encuesta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “inquest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of encuestar. With an accent, encuestá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of encuestar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conjunto de medidas tomadas para averiguar la verdad acerca de un hecho o asunto, especialmente judicial”.
What does encuesta mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinquest
- 2
feminineinquiry
- 3
femininepoll; survey
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of encuestar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conjunto de medidas tomadas para averiguar la verdad acerca de un hecho o asunto, especialmente judicial. 2. En particular, encuesta₁ realizada mediante la aplicación de cuestionarios estandarizados a una muestra relativamente extensa de la población a investigar, con el propósito de extraer inferencias estadísticas. 3. Formulario empleado en una encuesta₂.
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 encuesta
- encuestas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to encuesta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is encuesta in Spanish?
encuesta appears 31 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).