esmero
Spanish, noun
esmero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “great care, diligence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of esmerar. With an accent, esmeró is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of esmerar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Enorme cuidado y atención diligente en hacer las cosas con perfección”.
What does esmero mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegreat care, diligence
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of esmerar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of esmerar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enorme cuidado y atención diligente en hacer las cosas con perfección.
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 esmero
- esmeros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to esmero
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esmero in Spanish?
esmero appears 1.0 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).