exvoto
Spanish, noun/eɡsˈboto/
exvoto is spelled E-X-V-O-T-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 128,005th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exvoto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “offering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ofrenda que un fiel hace a un dios en conmemoración de un don, petición o milagro recibido. En el catolicismo…”.
What does exvoto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoffering
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ofrenda que un fiel hace a un dios en conmemoración de un don, petición o milagro recibido. En el catolicismo consta de figuras de cera, cuadros, tablillas, etcétera, que se le ofrecen a Dios, a la Virgen o los santos, los cuales se cuelgan en los muros o en el techo de los templos.
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 exvoto
- exvotos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce exvoto?
- /eɡsˈboto/
- [eɣ̞zˈβ̞o.t̪o]
- [eksˈβ̞ot̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is exvoto in Spanish?
exvoto appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).