defenestración
Spanish, noun/defenestɾaˈθjon/
defenestración is spelled D-E-F-E-N-E-S-T-R-A-C-I-Ó-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 133,746th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Defenestración is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “defenestration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de defenestrar (arrojar a alguien por una ventana o balcón)”.
What does defenestración mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedefenestration
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de defenestrar (arrojar a alguien por una ventana o balcón). 2. Acción o efecto de defenestrar (remover a un político).
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 defenestración
- defenestraciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce defenestración?
- /defenestɾaˈθjon/
- [d̪e.fe.nes.t̪ɾaˈθjõn]
- /defenestɾaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to defenestración
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is defenestración in Spanish?
defenestración appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).