anticlímax
Spanish, noun/antiˈklimaɡs/
anticlímax is spelled A-N-T-I-C-L-Í-M-A-X (10 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish, the 170,811th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anticlímax is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “anticlimax” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ordenación descendiente por significado en el discurso de palabras o de frases, de modo que cada una de ellas…”.
What does anticlímax mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineanticlimax
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ordenación descendiente por significado en el discurso de palabras o de frases, de modo que cada una de ellas exprese algo menos que la anterior. 2. Parte menos significativa del anticlímax₁. 3. El momento de relajación posterior al clímax. 4. En una narración la resolución insatisfactoria de un conflicto.
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.
How do you pronounce anticlímax?
- /antiˈklimaɡs/
- [ãn̪.t̪iˈkli.maɣ̞s]
- [ãn̪t̪iˈklimaks]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anticlímax
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anticlímax in Spanish?
anticlímax appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).