hincapié
Spanish, noun/inkaˈpje/
hincapié is spelled H-I-N-C-A-P-I-É (8 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,111th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hincapié is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “stomp (with the foot)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción de afianzar el pie para sostener el cuerpo en un sitio”.
What does hincapié mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestomp (with the foot)
- 2
masculineemphasis
hacer hincapié
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción de afianzar el pie para sostener el cuerpo en un sitio. 2. Acento o valor especial que se da a algo por considerarlo importante.
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 hincapié
- hincapiés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hincapié?
- /inkaˈpje/
- [ĩŋ.kaˈpje]
- [ĩŋkaˈpje]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hincapié
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hincapié in Spanish?
hincapié appears 4.9 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).