desatención
Spanish, noun[d̪esat̪ẽnˈsjõn]
desatención is spelled D-E-S-A-T-E-N-C-I-Ó-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 66,744th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desatención is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “disattention” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Falta de atención”.
What does desatención mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedisattention
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Falta de atención. 2. Falta de respeto.
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 desatención
- desatenciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desatención?
- [d̪esat̪ẽnˈsjõn]
- [d̪esat̪ẽnsiˈõn]
- [d̪esat̪ẽn̟ˈθjõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desatención in Spanish?
desatención appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).