expósito
Spanish, noun/eɡsˈposito/
expósito is spelled E-X-P-Ó-S-I-T-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 56,127th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Expósito is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “foundling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does expósito mean in English?
adjective
- 1
abandoned at birth
noun
- 1
masculinefoundling
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dicho de un bebé: Abandonado por sus padres, o cedido para su adopción, o expuesto en un lugar público (como a las puertas de una iglesia) para que alguien lo críe.
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 expósito
- expósita feminine
- expósitos masculine plural
- expósitas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce expósito?
- /eɡsˈposito/
- [eɣ̞sˈpo.si.t̪o]
- /esˈposito/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to expósito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is expósito in Spanish?
expósito appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).