esposa
Spanish, noun
esposa is spelled E-S-P-O-S-A (6 letters) and appears 79 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,113th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esposa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “wife” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of esposar. With an accent, esposá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of esposar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mujer casada con respecto de su cónyuge”.
What does esposa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewife
noun
- 1
femininehandcuff
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of esposar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mujer casada con respecto de su cónyuge. 2. Mujer que ha formalizado su relación previa al matrimonio, celebrando los esponsales. 3. Anillo que lleva el obispo cristiano como señal de su cargo. 4. Anilla metálica unida a otra similar por una cadena, que sirve para atar las muñecas de los reos.
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 esposa
- esposas plural
- esposo masculine
- esposos masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to esposa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esposa in Spanish?
esposa appears 79 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).