específico
Spanish, adjective
específico is spelled E-S-P-E-C-Í-F-I-C-O (10 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,840th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Específico is a Spanish adjective meaning “specific” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, especifico is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of especificar”. With an accent, especificó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of especificar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que es característico de algo y lo diferencia de otras cosas”.
What does específico mean in English?
adjective
- 1
specific
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of especificar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of especificar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que es característico de algo y lo diferencia de otras cosas. 2. Claro y sin ambigüedad. 3. Referido a un medicamento, que es el adecuado para una enfermedad concreta.
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 específico
- específica feminine
- específicos masculine plural
- específicas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to específico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is específico in Spanish?
específico appears 21 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).