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iconostasio

Spanish, noun/ikonosˈtasjo/

iconostasio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “iconostasis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Biombo o mampara, adornado con imágenes pintadas, que separa al presbiterio del resto de la iglesia…”.

What does iconostasio mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineiconostasis

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Biombo o mampara, adornado con imágenes pintadas, que separa al presbiterio del resto de la iglesia, ocultándolo. Es característico de la iglesia ortodoxa griega.

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 iconostasio

  • iconostasios plural

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

How do you pronounce iconostasio?

  • /ikonosˈtasjo/
  • [i.ko.nosˈt̪a.sjo]
  • [ikonosˈt̪asjo]

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

English words that translate to iconostasio

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

How common is iconostasio in Spanish?

iconostasio appears about once in every 78 million words in written Spanish.

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