jerigonza
Spanish, noun/xeɾiˈɡonθa/
jerigonza is spelled J-E-R-I-G-O-N-Z-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 114,759th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jerigonza is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “jargon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Jeringoso (forma de hablar en donde se intercalan pes en cada sílaba)”.
What does jerigonza mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininejargon
- 2
femininegibberish
- 3
femininea language game like Pig Latin or backslang
- 4
femininea game in which the letter p is inserted after every syllable (or sometimes distinguished as jeringozo, if every vowel)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jeringoso (forma de hablar en donde se intercalan pes en cada sílaba).
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 jerigonza
- jerigonzas plural
- gerigonza alternative
- jerigonzo alternative
- jeringozo alternative
- jeringoso alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jerigonza?
- /xeɾiˈɡonθa/
- [xe.ɾiˈɣ̞õn̟.θa]
- /xeɾiˈɡonsa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jerigonza
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jerigonza in Spanish?
jerigonza appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).