síncopa
Spanish, noun
síncopa is spelled S-Í-N-C-O-P-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 132,280th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Síncopa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “syncope” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, sincopa is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative”. With an accent, sincopá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of sincopar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Figura de dicción que consiste en la pérdida o supresión de un sonido (o varios) al interior de una palabra…”.
What does síncopa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesyncope
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of sincopar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Figura de dicción que consiste en la pérdida o supresión de un sonido (o varios) al interior de una palabra, como de "natividad" a "navidad", por razones históricas o estilísticas. 2. Efecto de contratiempo producido por la prolongación del sonido de una nota ubicada en la parte débil o semifuerte de un compás sobre una contigua de igual o mayor intensidad.
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 síncopa
- síncopas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to síncopa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is síncopa in Spanish?
síncopa appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).