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escenografía

Spanish, noun

escenografía is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “set (scenery for a film or play)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of escenografiar. With an accent, escenografiá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of escenografiar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Arte de pintar las decoraciones escénicas”.

What does escenografía mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineset (scenery for a film or play)

  2. 2

    feminineset design, scenography

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as escenografiá
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of escenografiar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Arte de pintar las decoraciones escénicas. 2. Decorado de una representación escénica. 3. Total y perfecta delineación en perspectiva de un objeto, en la cual, con sus claros y obscuros, se representan todas aquellas superficies que se pueden descubrir desde un punto determinado.

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 escenografía

  • escenografías plural

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

How common is escenografía in Spanish?

escenografía appears 1.5 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).