crueldad
Spanish, noun/kɾwelˈdad/
crueldad is spelled C-R-U-E-L-D-A-D (8 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,927th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crueldad is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “cruelty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción cruel e inhumana”.
What does crueldad mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecruelty
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción cruel e inhumana. 2. Respuesta emocional de indiferencia u obtención de placer en el sufrimiento y dolor de otros o la acción que innecesariamente causa tal sufrimiento o dolor.
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 crueldad
- crueldades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce crueldad?
- /kɾwelˈdad/
- [kɾwel̪ˈd̪að̞]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to crueldad
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crueldad in Spanish?
crueldad appears 7.4 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).