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demasía

Spanish, noun/demaˈsia/

demasía is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “excess” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Exceso”.

What does demasía mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineexcess

  2. 2

    femininedaring, boldness, audacity

  3. 3

    feminineinsolence, discourtesy

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Exceso. 2. Maldad, delito, arrojo. 3. Atrevimiento (acción de arriesgarse). 4. Falta de respeto, insolencia.

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 demasía

  • demasías plural

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

How do you pronounce demasía?

  • /demaˈsia/
  • [d̪e.maˈsi.a]
  • [d̪emaˈsia]

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

English words that translate to demasía

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

How common is demasía in Spanish?

demasía appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).