animadversión
Spanish, noun/animadbeɾˈsjon/
animadversión is spelled A-N-I-M-A-D-V-E-R-S-I-Ó-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 48,253rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Animadversión is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “animosity, ill will, animadversion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hostilidad, oposición, rechazo, enemistad, antipatía”.
What does animadversión mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineanimosity, ill will, animadversion
- 2
feminineobsoleteanimadversion, criticism
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hostilidad, oposición, rechazo, enemistad, antipatía. 2. Crítica, reparo o advertencia severa.
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 animadversión
- animadversiones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce animadversión?
- /animadbeɾˈsjon/
- [a.ni.mað̞.β̞eɾˈsjõn]
- [animað̞β̞eɾˈsjõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to animadversión
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is animadversión in Spanish?
animadversión appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).