sospechoso
Spanish, noun/sospeˈt͡ʃoso/
sospechoso is spelled S-O-S-P-E-C-H-O-S-O (10 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,393rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sospechoso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “suspect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does sospechoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
suspicious, suspect, fishy, shady, sketchy
- 2
shifty
noun
- 1
masculinesuspect
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que da motivo para sospechar. 2. Dícese de la persona de quien se tienen sospechas. 3. Suspicaz. 4. Dudoso, incierto, probable.
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 sospechoso
- sospechosa feminine
- sospechosos masculine plural
- sospechosas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sospechoso?
- /sospeˈt͡ʃoso/
- [sos.peˈt͡ʃo.so]
- [sospeˈt͡ʃoso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sospechoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sospechoso in Spanish?
sospechoso appears 11 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).