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homúnculo

Spanish, noun/oˈmunkulo/

homúnculo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “homunculus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hombrecillo”.

What does homúnculo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinehomunculus

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Hombrecillo. 2. Criatura creada por un alquimista.

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 homúnculo

  • homúnculos plural

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

How do you pronounce homúnculo?

  • /oˈmunkulo/
  • [oˈmũŋ.ku.lo]
  • [oˈmũŋkulo]

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

English words that translate to homúnculo

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

How common is homúnculo in Spanish?

homúnculo appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).