astenosfera
Spanish, noun
astenosfera is spelled A-S-T-E-N-O-S-F-E-R-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written Spanish, the 328,186th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Astenosfera is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “asthenosphere” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, astenósfera is a different word: “alternative form of astenosfera”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Zona del manto terrestre que está inmediatamente debajo de la litosfera, aproximadamente entre 100 y 240…”.
What does astenosfera mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineasthenosphere
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of astenosfera
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zona del manto terrestre que está inmediatamente debajo de la litosfera, aproximadamente entre 100 y 240 kilómetros por debajo de la superficie de la Tierra. Esta compuesta de roca solida dúctil, con cierta fluidez.
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 astenosfera
- astenosferas plural
- astenósfera alternative
- astenósferas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to astenosfera
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is astenosfera in Spanish?
astenosfera appears about once in every 91 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).