tributo
Spanish, noun
tributo is spelled T-R-I-B-U-T-O (7 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,633rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tributo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tribute” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of tributar. With an accent, tributó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of tributar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Suma de dinero que un ciudadano tiene que pagar al estado para sostener los gastos públicos”.
What does tributo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetribute
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of tributar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of tributar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Suma de dinero que un ciudadano tiene que pagar al estado para sostener los gastos públicos. 2. Carga continua u obligación que se debe soportar por disfrutar de una cosa. 3. Muestra de agradecimiento, reconocimiento, respeto o admiración que se manifiesta hacia una persona. 4. En el feudalismo, cantidad de dinero o de otra cosa que el vasallo debía entregar a su príncipe o señor como reconocimiento de su señorío.
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 tributo
- tributos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tributo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tributo in Spanish?
tributo 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).