asombro
Spanish, noun
asombro is spelled A-S-O-M-B-R-O (7 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 13,623rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Asombro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “amazement, astonishment, stupefaction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of asombrar. With an accent, asombró is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of asombrar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Emoción de sorpresa, maravilla o admiración ante algo fuera de lo común”.
What does asombro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineamazement, astonishment, stupefaction
- 2
masculinewonder, awe, wonderment
- 3
masculinefear, dread
- 4
masculineamazing thing, dread or astonishing person or thing, prodigy
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of asombrar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of asombrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Emoción de sorpresa, maravilla o admiración ante algo fuera de lo común. 2. Reacción de temor o extrañeza ante algo inesperado. 3. Persona, animal o cosa fuera de lo común que causa sorpresa, maravilla, miedo o extrañeza.
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 asombro
- asombros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to asombro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is asombro in Spanish?
asombro appears 4.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).