holocausto
Spanish, noun/oloˈkausto/
holocausto is spelled H-O-L-O-C-A-U-S-T-O (10 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 11,921st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Holocausto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “holocaust” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sacrificio que hacían los hebreos, en el que el fuego consumía a la víctima”.
What does holocausto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineholocaust
- 2
archaicmasculineburnt offering
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sacrificio que hacían los hebreos, en el que el fuego consumía a la víctima. 2. Exterminio sistemático del pueblo judío, en especial el genocidio que se llevó a cabo durante la Alemania Nazi. 3. Sacrificio (acto de abnegación individual).
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 holocausto
- holocaustos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce holocausto?
- /oloˈkausto/
- [o.loˈkau̯s.t̪o]
- [oloˈkawst̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to holocausto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is holocausto in Spanish?
holocausto appears 5.0 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).