gobierno
Spanish, noun/ɡoˈbjeɾno/
gobierno is spelled G-O-B-I-E-R-N-O (8 letters) and appears 603 times per million words in written Spanish, the 131st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gobierno is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “government” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of gobernar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de gobernar”.
What does gobierno mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegovernment
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of gobernar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de gobernar. 2. Institución o conjunto de ellas a cargo del poder ejecutivo en un sistema político. 3. Condición y cargo de gobernador. 4. Duración del mandato de un gobernador o un gobierno₂.
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 gobierno
- gobiernos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gobierno?
- /ɡoˈbjeɾno/
- [ɡoˈβ̞jeɾ.no]
- [goˈβ̞jeɾno]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gobierno
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gobierno in Spanish?
gobierno appears 603 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).