incomunicado
Spanish, noun/inkomuniˈkado/
incomunicado is spelled I-N-C-O-M-U-N-I-C-A-D-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 43,425th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incomunicado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “incommunicado (a prisoner who is not permitted to communicate with anyone by speech or writing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of incomunicar.
What does incomunicado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
incommunicado (not permitted to communicate with anyone by speech or writing)
noun
- 1
masculineincommunicado (a prisoner who is not permitted to communicate with anyone by speech or writing)
verb
- 1
past participle of incomunicar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Participio de incomunicar o de incomunicarse.
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 incomunicado
- incomunicada feminine
- incomunicados masculine plural
- incomunicadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce incomunicado?
- /inkomuniˈkado/
- [ĩŋ.ko.mu.niˈka.ð̞o]
- [ĩŋkomuniˈkað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to incomunicado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is incomunicado in Spanish?
incomunicado appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).