aprensión
Spanish, noun/apɾenˈsjon/
aprensión is spelled A-P-R-E-N-S-I-Ó-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,742nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aprensión is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “apprehension, misgiving, anxiety” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aprehensión”.
What does aprensión mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineapprehension, misgiving, anxiety
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aprehensión. 2. Escrúpulo, recelo de ponerse una persona en contacto con otra o con cosa de que le pueda venir contagio, o bien de hacer o decir algo que teme sea perjudicial o inoportuno. 3. Opinión, figuración, idea infundada o extraña. 4. Concepto desfavorable que se tiene de una persona, cosa o idea, particularmente si es infundado.
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 aprensión
- aprensiones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aprensión?
- /apɾenˈsjon/
- [a.pɾẽnˈsjõn]
- [apɾẽnˈsjõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aprensión
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aprensión in Spanish?
aprensión 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).