afrenta
Spanish, noun
afrenta is spelled A-F-R-E-N-T-A (7 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 31,673rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afrenta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “affront” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of afrentar. With an accent, afrentá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of afrentar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dicho o hecho afrentoso; dicho o hecho del cual resulta deshonra o pérdida de prestigio”.
What does afrenta mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaffront
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of afrentar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dicho o hecho afrentoso; dicho o hecho del cual resulta deshonra o pérdida de prestigio. 2. Deshonor y vergüenza que resulta de algún dicho o hecho. 3. Situación o circunstancia que implica peligro. 4. Acción o efecto de requerir, exigir o intimar.
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 afrenta
- afrentas plural
- afruenta alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to afrenta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afrenta in Spanish?
afrenta appears 1.2 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).