quiasmo
Spanish, noun/ˈkjasmo/
quiasmo is spelled Q-U-I-A-S-M-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written Spanish, the 244,405th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quiasmo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “chiasmus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Figura de estilo que consiste en poner dos grupos de palabras en orden inverso”.
What does quiasmo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechiasmus
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Figura de estilo que consiste en poner dos grupos de palabras en orden inverso.
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 quiasmo
- quiasmos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quiasmo?
- /ˈkjasmo/
- [ˈkjaz.mo]
- [ˈkjasmo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quiasmo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quiasmo in Spanish?
quiasmo appears about once in every 48 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).