filicidio
Spanish, noun/filiˈθidjo/
filicidio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “filicide, infanticide (killing of one's own son)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción de un progenitor de matar a alguno de sus hijos”.
What does filicidio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefilicide, infanticide (killing of one's own son)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción de un progenitor de matar a alguno de sus hijos.
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 filicidio
- filicidios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce filicidio?
- /filiˈθidjo/
- [fi.liˈθi.ð̞jo]
- /filiˈsidjo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to filicidio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is filicidio in Spanish?
filicidio appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).