premio
Spanish, noun
premio is spelled P-R-E-M-I-O (6 letters) and appears 91 times per million words in written Spanish, the 964th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Premio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “prize, award (honour or reward)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of premiar. With an accent, premió is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of premiar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Retribución honorífica que se concede a uno por sus méritos”.
What does premio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprize, award (honour or reward)
- 2
masculineprize (that which may be won)
- 3
masculinepremium (bonus paid in addition to normal payments)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of premiar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of premiar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Retribución honorífica que se concede a uno por sus méritos 2. En particular, premio₁ que se otorga a los vencedores en una competición 3. Por analogía, bien que se sortea entre los participantes en una rifa o concurso 4. Adicional que se añade a una retribución como incentivo
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 premio
- premios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to premio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is premio in Spanish?
premio appears 91 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).