modismo
Spanish, noun/moˈdismo/
modismo is spelled M-O-D-I-S-M-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 77,962nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Modismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “idiom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Expresión específica de un idioma, cuyo conjunto de palabras crea un significado independiente y diferente…”.
What does modismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineidiom
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Expresión específica de un idioma, cuyo conjunto de palabras crea un significado independiente y diferente del de cada una de ellas. 2. Idiotismo.
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 modismo
- modismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce modismo?
- /moˈdismo/
- [moˈð̞iz.mo]
- [moˈð̞ismo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to modismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is modismo in Spanish?
modismo appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).