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ensalmo

Spanish, noun/enˈsalmo/

ensalmo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “healing spell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “En el ámbito de la brujería o hechicería, rezos, canciones o letanías que acompañan a una ceremonia en que…”.

What does ensalmo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinehealing spell

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. En el ámbito de la brujería o hechicería, rezos, canciones o letanías que acompañan a una ceremonia en que los curanderos pretenden sanar a los enfermos.

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 ensalmo

  • ensalmos plural

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

How do you pronounce ensalmo?

  • /enˈsalmo/
  • [ẽnˈsal.mo]
  • [ẽnˈsalmo]

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

English words that translate to ensalmo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is ensalmo in Spanish?

ensalmo appears about once in every 38 million words in written Spanish.

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