funcionario
Spanish, noun/funθjoˈnaɾjo/
funcionario is spelled F-U-N-C-I-O-N-A-R-I-O (11 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,549th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Funcionario is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “official, public official” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que desempeña un empleo público”.
What does funcionario mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineofficial, public official
- 2
masculineofficeholder
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona que desempeña un empleo público.
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 funcionario
- funcionarios plural
- funcionaria feminine
- funcionarias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce funcionario?
- /funθjoˈnaɾjo/
- [fũn̟.θjoˈna.ɾjo]
- /funsjoˈnaɾjo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to funcionario
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is funcionario in Spanish?
funcionario appears 23 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).