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delincuente

Spanish, noun/delinˈkwente/

delincuente is spelled D-E-L-I-N-C-U-E-N-T-E (11 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,270th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Delincuente is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “delinquent, criminal, felon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que comete un delito o crimen”.

What does delincuente mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinedelinquent

  2. 2

    femininemasculinecriminal

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculinedelinquent, criminal, felon

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Persona que comete un delito o crimen.

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 delincuente

  • delincuentes feminine masculine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce delincuente?

  • /delinˈkwente/
  • [d̪e.lĩŋˈkwẽn̪.t̪e]
  • [d̪elĩŋˈkwẽn̪t̪e]

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

English words that translate to delincuente

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

How common is delincuente in Spanish?

delincuente appears 9.8 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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