ausente
Spanish, adjective
ausente is spelled A-U-S-E-N-T-E (7 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,770th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausente is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “absent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of ausentar. With an accent, ausenté is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of ausentar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que no está presente”.
What does ausente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineabsent
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of ausentar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que no está presente. 2. Que no tiene la atención enfocada en el presente; que no está concentrado/a.
noun: 1. Se refiere a la persona que se halla en una situación jurídica de ausencia (de quien se ignora si vive y dónde se encuentra).
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 ausente
- ausentes feminine masculine plural
- absente alternative archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ausente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ausente in Spanish?
ausente appears 7.6 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).