pleonasmo
Spanish, noun/pleoˈnasmo/
pleonasmo is spelled P-L-E-O-N-A-S-M-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 97,136th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pleonasmo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pleonasm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Figura de construcción, que consiste en emplear en la oración uno o más vocablos innecesarios para que tenga…”.
What does pleonasmo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepleonasm
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Figura de construcción, que consiste en emplear en la oración uno o más vocablos innecesarios para que tenga sentido completo, pero con los cuales se da énfasis a lo dicho. 2. Demasía o redundancia viciosa de palabras.
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 pleonasmo
- pleonasmos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pleonasmo?
- /pleoˈnasmo/
- [ple.oˈnaz.mo]
- [pleoˈnasmo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pleonasmo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pleonasmo in Spanish?
pleonasmo appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).