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explícito

Spanish, adjective

explícito is spelled E-X-P-L-Í-C-I-T-O (9 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,530th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Explícito is a Spanish adjective meaning “explicit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, explicito is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of explicitar”. With an accent, explicitó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of explicitar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que expresa o manifiesta algo de un modo directo y claro”.

What does explícito mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    explicit

verb

as explicito
  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of explicitar

verb

as explicitó
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of explicitar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que expresa o manifiesta algo de un modo directo y claro. 2. Que contiene material gráfico con el potencial de ofender o impactar a través de expresiones claras y directas.

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 explícito

  • explícita feminine
  • explícitos masculine plural
  • explícitas feminine plural

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

English words that translate to explícito

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

How common is explícito in Spanish?

explícito appears 3.2 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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