íncubo
Spanish, noun
íncubo is spelled Í-N-C-U-B-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish, the 167,210th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Íncubo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “incubus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, incubo is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of incubar”. With an accent, incubó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of incubar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Demonio con apariencia de varón que perturba los sueños de las personas mientras duermen, especialmente a las…”.
What does íncubo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineincubus
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of incubar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of incubar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Demonio con apariencia de varón que perturba los sueños de las personas mientras duermen, especialmente a las mujeres, para tener relaciones sexuales con ellas. 2. Género de accidente que da en sueños, con que se comprime y aprieta el corazón, soñando alguna cosa triste y melancólica.
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 íncubo
- íncubos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to íncubo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is íncubo in Spanish?
íncubo appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).