eccehomo

See also: ecce homo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ecce homō (literally “behold the man”) (John 19:5).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡθeˈomo/ [eɣ̞.θeˈo.mo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /eɡseˈomo/ [eɣ̞.seˈo.mo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -omo
• Syllabification: ec‧ce‧ho‧mo

Noun

eccehomo m (plural eccehomos)

1. ecce homo
2. (by extension) a person of pitiable, sorrowful or lacerated appearance

See also

• vía crucis

Further reading

• “eccehomo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025