debacle
Spanish, noun/deˈbakle/
debacle is spelled D-E-B-A-C-L-E (7 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 26,332nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Debacle is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “debacle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ruina, desastre”.
What does debacle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedebacle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ruina, desastre. 2. Fracaso en un negocio o empresa.
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 debacle
- debacles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce debacle?
- /deˈbakle/
- [d̪eˈβ̞a.kle]
- [d̪eˈβ̞akle]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to debacle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is debacle in Spanish?
debacle appears 1.6 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).