ismo
Spanish, noun/ˈismo/
ismo is spelled I-S-M-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 66,744th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “ism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tendencia, corriente o movimiento artístico, literario o ideológico; especialmente de carácter fugaz”.
What does ismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineism
suffix
- 1
masculine-ism
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Forma sustantivos abstractos con el significado de "doctrina, tendencia, teoría o sistema". 2. Forma sustantivos abstractos con el significado de "peculiaridad o característico" de la raíz. 3. Usado para formar sustantivos de términos científicos con el significado de "condición o síndrome" relacionados a la raíz. 4. Forma sustantivos que designan "actividades deportivas" derivadas de la raíz.
noun: 1. Tendencia, corriente o movimiento artístico, literario o ideológico; especialmente de carácter fugaz.
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 ismo
- ismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ismo?
- /ˈismo/
- [ˈiz.mo]
- [ˈismo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ismo in Spanish?
ismo appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).