suplicio
Spanish, noun/suˈpliθjo/
suplicio is spelled S-U-P-L-I-C-I-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 42,860th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Suplicio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “anguish, suffering, torment, torture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pena de severo castigo físico, que en algunos casos se decreta que sea mortal”.
What does suplicio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineanguish, suffering, torment, torture
- 2
masculinepunishment
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pena de severo castigo físico, que en algunos casos se decreta que sea mortal.
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 suplicio
- suplicios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce suplicio?
- /suˈpliθjo/
- [suˈpli.θjo]
- /suˈplisjo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to suplicio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is suplicio in Spanish?
suplicio appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).