albacea
Spanish, noun/albaˈθea/
albacea is spelled A-L-B-A-C-E-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 59,847th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Albacea is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “testamentary executor, administrator” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona designada para hacer cumplir la última voluntad de una persona fallecida, y para la custodia y…”.
What does albacea mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinetestamentary executor, administrator
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona designada para hacer cumplir la última voluntad de una persona fallecida, y para la custodia y destino final de los bienes que poseía.
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 albacea
- albaceas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce albacea?
- /albaˈθea/
- [al.β̞aˈθe.a]
- /albaˈsea/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to albacea
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is albacea in Spanish?
albacea 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).