sumo
Spanish, noun
sumo is spelled S-U-M-O (4 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,527th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sumo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “sumo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of sumar. With an accent, sumó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of sumar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Deporte de combate, de origen japonés, en el que los competidores intentan forzar al contrincante a salir del…”.
What does sumo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
highest, greatest, superlative
Caifás era sumo sacerdote.
- 2
utmost
noun
- 1
masculinesumo
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of sumar
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of sumir
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of sumar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Superlativo irregular de alto: sumamente alto. 2. Más extremado o elevado en su género.
noun: 1. Deporte de combate, de origen japonés, en el que los competidores intentan forzar al contrincante a salir del ring o tocar el suelo. 2. Luchador de este arte marcial.
noun: 1. Lengua amerindia de la familia misumalpa, hablada por unas 7000 personas en la costa oriental de Nicaragua.
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 sumo
- suma feminine
- sumos masculine plural
- sumas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to sumo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sumo in Spanish?
sumo appears 9.3 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).