incienso
Spanish, noun/inˈθjenso/
incienso is spelled I-N-C-I-E-N-S-O (8 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 24,401st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incienso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “incense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of incensar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Preparación de resinas aromáticas vegetales, a las que a menudo se añaden aceites esenciales de origen animal…”.
What does incienso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineincense
- 2
masculineMyrocarpus frondosus, a tree from the Fabaceae family
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of incensar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Preparación de resinas aromáticas vegetales, a las que a menudo se añaden aceites esenciales de origen animal o vegetal, de forma que al arder desprenda un humo fragante con fines religiosos, terapéuticos o estéticos. 2. Tipo de gomorresina de color amarillo blancuzco o rojizo, proveniente de árboles asiáticos y africanos, que despide buen olor al arder y se empleó tradicionalmente en ceremonias religiosas. 3. Dicho para adular, alabar, halagar, lisonjear o congraciarse, que se considera poco sincero.
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 incienso
- inciensos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce incienso?
- /inˈθjenso/
- [ĩn̟ˈθjẽn.so]
- /inˈsjenso/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to incienso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is incienso in Spanish?
incienso appears 1.8 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).