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esmog

Spanish, noun/esˈmoɡ/

esmog is spelled E-S-M-O-G (5 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish, the 158,678th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esmog is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “smog” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aire contaminado, mezclado con humo y polvo, que se encuentra especialmente en ciudades populosas o…”.

What does esmog mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesmog

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Aire contaminado, mezclado con humo y polvo, que se encuentra especialmente en ciudades populosas o industriales.

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 esmog

  • esmogs plural
  • smog alternative

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

How do you pronounce esmog?

  • /esˈmoɡ/
  • [ezˈmoɣ̞]
  • [esˈmoɣ̞]

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

English words that translate to esmog

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

How common is esmog in Spanish?

esmog appears about once in every 19 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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