asbestosis
Spanish, noun/asbesˈtosis/
asbestosis is spelled A-S-B-E-S-T-O-S-I-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 197,982nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Asbestosis is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “asbestosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Enfermedad crónica pulmonar debida a la inhalación de fibras de asbesto en el polvo del aire, que van…”.
What does asbestosis mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineasbestosis
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enfermedad crónica pulmonar debida a la inhalación de fibras de asbesto en el polvo del aire, que van produciendo un tejido cicatricial y engrosamiento de la pleura. Los pulmones pierden progresivamente su capacidad de expanderse y contraerse, y de hacer el intercambio gaseoso entre el aire y la sangre.
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 asbestosis?
- /asbesˈtosis/
- [az.β̞esˈt̪o.sis]
- [asβ̞esˈt̪osis]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to asbestosis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is asbestosis in Spanish?
asbestosis appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).