legítimo
Spanish, adjective
legítimo is spelled L-E-G-Í-T-I-M-O (8 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,402nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Legítimo is a Spanish adjective meaning “legitimate, rightful, lawful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, legitimo is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of legitimar”. With an accent, legitimó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of legitimar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que se ajusta a la ley”.
What does legítimo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
legitimate, rightful, lawful
- 2
real, true
- 3
above-board
- 4
colloquiallegit
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of legitimar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of legitimar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que se ajusta a la ley. 2. Aceptable por razón, sentido común o justicia. 3. Que se ajusta a la verdad en cualquier sentido.
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 legítimo
- legítima feminine
- legítimos masculine plural
- legítimas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to legítimo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is legítimo in Spanish?
legítimo appears 9.5 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).