mutismo
Spanish, noun/muˈtismo/
mutismo is spelled M-U-T-I-S-M-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 78,932nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mutismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “muteness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Silencio, voluntario u obligado, que mantiene alguien durante un tiempo”.
What does mutismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemuteness
- 2
masculinemutism
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Silencio, voluntario u obligado, que mantiene alguien durante un tiempo. 2. Acción de abstenerse de emitir sonidos o usar la voz.
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 mutismo
- mutismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mutismo?
- /muˈtismo/
- [muˈt̪iz.mo]
- [muˈt̪ismo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mutismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mutismo in Spanish?
mutismo 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).