sentencioso
Spanish, adjective/sentenˈθjoso/
sentencioso is spelled S-E-N-T-E-N-C-I-O-S-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish, the 165,375th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sentencioso is a Spanish adjective meaning “sententious (tending to use aphorisms or maxims, especially given to trite moralising)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does sentencioso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sententious (tending to use aphorisms or maxims, especially given to trite moralising)
- 2
pithy
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of sentencioso
- sentenciosa feminine
- sentenciosos masculine plural
- sentenciosas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sentencioso?
- /sentenˈθjoso/
- [sẽn̪.t̪ẽn̟ˈθjo.so]
- /sentenˈsjoso/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sentencioso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sentencioso in Spanish?
sentencioso appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).