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entierro

Spanish, noun/enˈtjero/

entierro is spelled E-N-T-I-E-R-R-O (8 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,811th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entierro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “burial, interment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of enterrar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acto o resultado de enterrar”.

What does entierro mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineburial, interment

  2. 2

    masculineburied treasure

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of enterrar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Acto o resultado de enterrar. 2. Comitiva que acompaña un féretro hacia el lugar de enterramiento. 3. Ceremonia en la que se procede a enterrar un fallecido. 4. Lugar en el que se ha enterrado un muerto.

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 entierro

  • entierros plural

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

How do you pronounce entierro?

  • /enˈtjero/
  • [ẽn̪ˈt̪je.ro]
  • [ẽn̪ˈt̪jero]

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

English words that translate to entierro

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

How common is entierro in Spanish?

entierro appears 5.8 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).

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