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crisis

Spanish, noun/ˈkɾisis/

crisis is spelled C-R-I-S-I-S (6 letters) and appears 105 times per million words in written Spanish, the 844th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crisis is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “crisis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mutación considerable que acaece en una enfermedad, ya sea para mejorarse o para agravarse más el enfermo”.

What does crisis mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecrisis

  2. 2

    feminineattack; fit

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Mutación considerable que acaece en una enfermedad, ya sea para mejorarse o para agravarse más el enfermo. 2. Por extensión, momento decisivo de un negocio grave y de consecuencias importantes. 3. Juicio que se hace de una cosa después de haberla examinado cuidadosamente.

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.

How do you pronounce crisis?

  • /ˈkɾisis/
  • [ˈkɾi.sis]
  • [ˈkɾisis]

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

English words that translate to crisis

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

How common is crisis in Spanish?

crisis appears 105 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).

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