adversidad
Spanish, noun/adbeɾsiˈdad/
adversidad is spelled A-D-V-E-R-S-I-D-A-D (10 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 21,583rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adversidad is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “adversity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Infortunio, desdicha, suerte infausta, estado o situación triste o deplorable.^([definición imprecisa])”.
What does adversidad mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineadversity
- 2
femininemisfortune
- 3
femininedifficulty
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Infortunio, desdicha, suerte infausta, estado o situación triste o deplorable.^([definición imprecisa]) 2. Calidad de adverso.^([definición imprecisa]) 3. Animadversión, enemistad.^([definición imprecisa])
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 adversidad
- adversidades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adversidad?
- /adbeɾsiˈdad/
- [að̞.β̞eɾ.siˈð̞að̞]
- [að̞β̞eɾsiˈð̞að̞]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adversidad
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adversidad in Spanish?
adversidad appears 2.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).