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absentismo

Spanish, noun/absenˈtismo/

absentismo is spelled A-B-S-E-N-T-I-S-M-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 66,744th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Absentismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “truancy, absenteeism (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Situacìón en la que el propietario se encuentra con frecuencia fuera de la localidad donde se encuentra su…”.

What does absentismo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinetruancy, absenteeism (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Situacìón en la que el propietario se encuentra con frecuencia fuera de la localidad donde se encuentra su domicilio. 2. Que no hay comparecencia. 3. Costumbre de no acudir a un lugar al que se esta obligado, por ejemplo la escuela o el trabajo.

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 absentismo

  • absentismos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce absentismo?

  • /absenˈtismo/
  • [aβ̞.sẽn̪ˈt̪iz.mo]
  • [aβ̞sẽn̪ˈt̪ismo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to absentismo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is absentismo in Spanish?

absentismo appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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