abintestato
Spanish, adjective/abintesˈtato/
abintestato is spelled A-B-I-N-T-E-S-T-A-T-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish, the 210,939th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abintestato is a Spanish adjective meaning “intestate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does abintestato mean in English?
adjective
- 1
intestate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Procedimiento judicial sobre herencia y adjudicación de bienes que se lleva a cabo cuando alguien muere sin testar, el testamento es nulo o los herederos no pueden heredar.
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 abintestato
- abintestata feminine
- abintestatos masculine plural
- abintestatas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abintestato?
- /abintesˈtato/
- [a.β̞ĩn̪.t̪esˈt̪a.t̪o]
- [aβ̞ĩn̪t̪esˈt̪at̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abintestato
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abintestato in Spanish?
abintestato appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).