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endecasílabo

Spanish, adjective/endekaˈsilabo/

endecasílabo is spelled E-N-D-E-C-A-S-Í-L-A-B-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 133,746th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Endecasílabo is a Spanish adjective meaning “hendecasyllabic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que está compuesto de once sílabas”.

What does endecasílabo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    hendecasyllabic

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que está compuesto de once sílabas. 2. Que está formado de endecasílabos₁.

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 endecasílabo

  • endecasílaba feminine
  • endecasílabos masculine plural
  • endecasílabas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce endecasílabo?

  • /endekaˈsilabo/
  • [ẽn̪.d̪e.kaˈsi.la.β̞o]
  • [ẽn̪d̪ekaˈsilaβ̞o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is endecasílabo in Spanish?

endecasílabo appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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