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guarismo

Spanish, noun/ɡwaˈɾismo/

guarismo is spelled G-U-A-R-I-S-M-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish, the 145,755th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guarismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “figure, character” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Signo con que se representan números”.

What does guarismo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinefigure, character

  2. 2

    masculinenumber, digit

adjective

  1. 1

    archaicnumerical

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Propio de o relativo a los números.

noun: 1. Signo con que se representan números. 2. Cualquier representación de una cantidad, compuesta de dos o más cifras. 3. Cada uno de los signos o cifras arábigas que expresan una cantidad.

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 guarismo

  • guarismos plural
  • guarisma feminine
  • guarismas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce guarismo?

  • /ɡwaˈɾismo/
  • [ɡwaˈɾiz.mo]
  • [gwaˈɾismo]

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

English words that translate to guarismo

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

How common is guarismo in Spanish?

guarismo appears about once in every 15 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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