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fomo

Spanish, noun/ˈfomo/

fomo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “FOMO” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does fomo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialmasculineFOMO

    qué fomo!

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

abbreviation: 1. Aprehensión generalizada de que otros podrían estar teniendo experiencias gratificantes de las cuales uno está ausente.

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.

How do you pronounce fomo?

  • /ˈfomo/
  • [ˈfo.mo]

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

How common is fomo in Spanish?

fomo appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).