absorto
Spanish, adjective/abˈsoɾto/
absorto is spelled A-B-S-O-R-T-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 57,592nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Absorto is a Spanish adjective meaning “rapt, absorbed, captivated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Quedar con la atención o el pensamiento concentrado en algo, con descuido hacia otras cosas”.
What does absorto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rapt, absorbed, captivated
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Quedar con la atención o el pensamiento concentrado en algo, con descuido hacia otras cosas. 2. Estar profundamente admirado por algo.
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 absorto
- absorta feminine
- absortos masculine plural
- absortas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce absorto?
- /abˈsoɾto/
- [aβ̞ˈsoɾ.t̪o]
- [aβ̞ˈsoɾt̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to absorto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is absorto in Spanish?
absorto appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).