apoyatura
Spanish, noun/apoʝaˈtuɾa/
apoyatura is spelled A-P-O-Y-A-T-U-R-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish, the 147,327th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apoyatura is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “appoggiatura” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Variante de apoyo (objeto usado para apoyar)”.
What does apoyatura mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineappoggiatura
- 2
femininesupport
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de apoyo (objeto usado para apoyar). 2. Nota pequeña y de adorno, cuyo valor se toma del signo siguiente para no alterar la duración del compás.
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 apoyatura
- apoyaturas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apoyatura?
- /apoʝaˈtuɾa/
- [a.po.ʝaˈt̪u.ɾa]
- [apoʝaˈt̪uɾa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is apoyatura in Spanish?
apoyatura appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).