magnicidio
Spanish, noun/maɡniˈθidjo/
magnicidio is spelled M-A-G-N-I-C-I-D-I-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,113th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Magnicidio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “assassination (of a major figure)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Asesinato de un jefe de estado o de una persona con un rango jerárquico importante”.
What does magnicidio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineassassination (of a major figure)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Asesinato de un jefe de estado o de una persona con un rango jerárquico importante.
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 magnicidio
- magnicidios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce magnicidio?
- /maɡniˈθidjo/
- [maɣ̞.niˈθi.ð̞jo]
- /maɡniˈsidjo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to magnicidio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is magnicidio in Spanish?
magnicidio appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).