ensimismado
Spanish, adjective/ensimisˈmado/
ensimismado is spelled E-N-S-I-M-I-S-M-A-D-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 84,644th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ensimismado is a Spanish adjective meaning “self-centered, self-absorbed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of ensimismarse.
What does ensimismado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
self-centered, self-absorbed
- 2
preoccupied, lost in thought, engrossed
Pedro había estado ignorando a su familia porque estaba ensimismado con su trabajo.
verb
- 1
past participle of ensimismarse
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Participio de ensimismarse.
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 ensimismado
- ensimismada feminine
- ensimismados masculine plural
- ensimismadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ensimismado?
- /ensimisˈmado/
- [ẽn.si.mizˈma.ð̞o]
- [ẽnsimisˈmað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ensimismado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ensimismado in Spanish?
ensimismado appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).