permiso
Spanish, noun
permiso is spelled P-E-R-M-I-S-O (7 letters) and appears 51 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,679th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Permiso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “permission” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of permisar. With an accent, permisó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of permisar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Consentimiento o beneplácito que se otorga a alguien para hacer, disponer o decir algo”.
What does permiso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepermission
- 2
masculinelicense
- 3
masculineleave (absence from work)
interjection
- 1
alternative form of con permiso
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of permisar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of permisar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Consentimiento o beneplácito que se otorga a alguien para hacer, disponer o decir algo. 2. Autorización que se concede para abandonar una actividad. 3. Margen de tolerancia que se permite en la acuñación de monedas entre su peso efectivo y el que formalmente deben tener. 4. Venia o autorización para ejercer algún oficio conforme a la ley.
interjection: 1. Manera cortés para solicitar autorización para entrar a un recinto, para pasar entre dos personas o para retirarse de un lugar.
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 permiso
- permisos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to permiso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is permiso in Spanish?
permiso appears 51 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).