angustia
Spanish, noun
angustia is spelled A-N-G-U-S-T-I-A (8 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,098th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Angustia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “anguish, agony” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of angustiar. With an accent, angustiá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of angustiar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Miedo o inquietud que no responde a un objeto específico, sino que se presenta de manera difusa. A menudo…”.
What does angustia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineanguish, agony
- 2
feminineanxiety, distress
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of angustiar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Miedo o inquietud que no responde a un objeto específico, sino que se presenta de manera difusa. A menudo aparece en pesadillas o espacios cerrados. 2. Coyuntura caracterizada por las privaciones materiales. 3. En general, pena o sufrimiento que se experimenta como resultado de una situación o circunstancia. 4. Situación de dificultad que genera inquietud o ansiedad.
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 angustia
- angustias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to angustia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is angustia in Spanish?
angustia appears 8.5 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).