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chocante

Spanish, adjective/t͡ʃoˈkante/

chocante is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “off-putting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que choca”.

What does chocante mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculineoff-putting

  2. 2

    femininemasculineshocking

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que choca. 2. Que causa desconcierto y asombro.

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 chocante

  • chocantes feminine masculine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce chocante?

  • /t͡ʃoˈkante/
  • [t͡ʃoˈkãn̪.t̪e]
  • [t͡ʃoˈkãn̪t̪e]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to chocante

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is chocante in Spanish?

chocante appears 1.5 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).