sesgo

See also: sesgó

Ido

Noun

sesgo (plural sesgi)

1. bight

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsesɡo/ [ˈsez.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -esɡo
• Syllabification: ses‧go

Etymology 1

Deverbal from sesgar.

Adjective

sesgo (feminine sesga, masculine plural sesgos, feminine plural sesgas)

1. slanting, sloping

Noun

sesgo m (plural sesgos)

1. bias, skew
2. slant, slope
3. twist (in a story)

Hyponyms

• sesgo de confirmación (“confirmation bias”)

Derived terms

• al sesgo

Etymology 2

Verb

sesgo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sesgar

Further reading

• “sesgo”, 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