ciempiés
Spanish, noun/θjemˈpjes/
ciempiés is spelled C-I-E-M-P-I-É-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 65,931st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ciempiés is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “centipede” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(clase Chilopoda) Cualquiera de unas 8000 especies de artrópodos miriápodos, de cuerpo elongado y segmentado…”.
What does ciempiés mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecentipede
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (clase Chilopoda) Cualquiera de unas 8000 especies de artrópodos miriápodos, de cuerpo elongado y segmentado en no menos de 15 metámeros, cada uno de ellos dotados de un par de patas, cabeza aplanada dotada de antenas, mandíbulas alargadas y maxilípedos rematados en fuertes garras capaces de inyectar veneno. Son predadores nocturnos de distribución cosmopolita. 2. Escrito o pensamiento confuso y desorganizado.
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 ciempiés
- cientopiés alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ciempiés?
- /θjemˈpjes/
- [θjẽmˈpjes]
- /sjemˈpjes/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ciempiés
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ciempiés in Spanish?
ciempiés appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).