demente
Spanish, adjective
demente is spelled D-E-M-E-N-T-E (7 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 18,462nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Demente is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “crazy, insane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of dementar. With an accent, dementé is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of dementar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Loco o falto de juicio”.
What does demente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecrazy, insane
- 2
femininemasculinedemented
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of dementar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Loco o falto de juicio. 2. Extravagante, raro.
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 demente
- dementes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to demente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is demente in Spanish?
demente appears 2.7 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).