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neologismo

Spanish, noun/neoloˈxismo/

neologismo is spelled N-E-O-L-O-G-I-S-M-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 54,064th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Neologismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “neologism (a word or phrase which has recently been coined)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Locución, giro o palabra creada recientemente para definir algo que no tenía término en el lenguaje actual o…”.

What does neologismo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineneologism (a word or phrase which has recently been coined)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Locución, giro o palabra creada recientemente para definir algo que no tenía término en el lenguaje actual o de la época tratada. 2. Acepción reciente de un vocablo previamente existente.

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 neologismo

  • neologismos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce neologismo?

  • /neoloˈxismo/
  • [ne.o.loˈxiz.mo]
  • [neoloˈxismo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to neologismo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is neologismo in Spanish?

neologismo 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).

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