apetencia
Spanish, noun/apeˈtenθja/
apetencia is spelled A-P-E-T-E-N-C-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 133,746th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apetencia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “hunger, appetite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ganas de comer”.
What does apetencia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehunger, appetite
- 2
femininegaining of appetite
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ganas de comer. 2. Movimiento natural que inclina al hombre a desear alguna cosa.
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 apetencia
- apetencias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apetencia?
- /apeˈtenθja/
- [a.peˈt̪ẽn̟.θja]
- /apeˈtensja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apetencia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apetencia in Spanish?
apetencia appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).