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fisgonear

Spanish, verb/fisɡoneˈaɾ/

fisgonear is spelled F-I-S-G-O-N-E-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish, the 183,993rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fisgonear is a Spanish verb meaning “to snoop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Explorar, por costumbre, chisme o curiosidad indiscreta, tratando de averiguar, percibir o enterarse de algo…”.

What does fisgonear mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to snoop

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Explorar, por costumbre, chisme o curiosidad indiscreta, tratando de averiguar, percibir o enterarse de algo que está oculto, es secreto o confidencial, o es difícil de conocer. Fisgar de modo repetido, insistente o habitual.

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 fisgonear

  • fisgoneo first-person present singular
  • fisgoneé first-person preterite singular
  • fisgoneado participle past
  • fisgoneando gerund
  • fisgoneada feminine participle past
  • fisgoneados masculine participle past
  • fisgoneadas feminine participle past
  • fisgoneas indicative informal present
  • fisgoneás indicative informal present
  • fisgonea indicative present singular
  • fisgoneamos first-person indicative plural
  • fisgoneáis indicative plural present
  • fisgonean indicative plural present
  • fisgoneaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • fisgoneabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • fisgoneábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • fisgoneabais imperfect indicative plural
  • fisgoneaban imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce fisgonear?

  • /fisɡoneˈaɾ/
  • [fiz.ɣ̞o.neˈaɾ]
  • [fisɣ̞oneˈaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to fisgonear

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

How common is fisgonear in Spanish?

fisgonear appears about once in every 26 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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