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simplón

Spanish, adjective/simˈplon/

simplón is spelled S-I-M-P-L-Ó-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 64,424th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Simplón is a Spanish adjective meaning “plain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Falto de inteligencia o entendimiento”.

What does simplón mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    colloquialplain

  2. 2

    colloquialnaive

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Falto de inteligencia o entendimiento 2. Sin malicia y fácil de engañar

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 simplón

  • simplona feminine
  • simplones masculine plural
  • simplonas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce simplón?

  • /simˈplon/
  • [sĩmˈplõn]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to simplón

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is simplón in Spanish?

simplón appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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