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adefesio

Spanish, noun/adeˈfesjo/

adefesio is spelled A-D-E-F-E-S-I-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 76,156th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adefesio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “ugly, ridiculous person or thing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Individuo, objeto o cosa ridícula y fea”.

What does adefesio mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculineugly, ridiculous

noun

  1. 1

    masculineugly, ridiculous person or thing

  2. 2

    masculineidiotic action

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Individuo, objeto o cosa ridícula y fea. 2. Discurso disparatado, propósitos absurdos.

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 adefesio

  • adefesios feminine masculine plural

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

How do you pronounce adefesio?

  • /adeˈfesjo/
  • [a.ð̞eˈfe.sjo]
  • [að̞eˈfesjo]

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

English words that translate to adefesio

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

How common is adefesio in Spanish?

adefesio appears about once in every 4 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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