sinecura
Spanish, noun[sineˈkuɾa]
sinecura is spelled S-I-N-E-C-U-R-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 71 million words in written Spanish, the 292,142nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sinecura is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “sinecure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Empleo o cargo con sueldo, que requiere poco o ningún trabajo”.
What does sinecura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesinecure
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Empleo o cargo con sueldo, que requiere poco o ningún trabajo. 2. Cargo político o administrativo que trae aparejados privilegios o prebendas, pero no conlleva obligaciones específicas. 3. Por extensión, cualquier situación de uso abusivo y en provecho propio del bien público.
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 sinecura
- sinecuras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sinecura?
- [sineˈkuɾa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sinecura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sinecura in Spanish?
sinecura appears about once in every 71 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).