simulacro
Spanish, noun/simuˈlakɾo/
simulacro is spelled S-I-M-U-L-A-C-R-O (9 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 18,462nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Simulacro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “drill, fire drill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Imagen hecha a semejanza de alguna persona o cosa”.
What does simulacro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedrill, fire drill
¡Atención! ¡Esto no es un simulacro!
- 2
masculinesimulation, test, imitation
- 3
masculineimage, simulacrum (especially of someone or something sacred)
- 4
masculineidea, fantasy (an idea resulting from fantasy)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Imagen hecha a semejanza de alguna persona o cosa. 2. Imitación, acto fingido, falsificación. 3. Concepto que forma la fantasía. 4. Ejercicio de tipo militar donde se simulan guerras o ataques diversos, para adiestrar las tropas.
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 simulacro
- simulacros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce simulacro?
- /simuˈlakɾo/
- [si.muˈla.kɾo]
- [simuˈlakɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to simulacro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is simulacro in Spanish?
simulacro appears 2.7 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).