detestable
Spanish, adjective/detesˈtable/
detestable is spelled D-E-T-E-S-T-A-B-L-E (10 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 29,960th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Detestable is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “detestable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pésimo, execrable o aborrecible”.
What does detestable mean in English?
adjective
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Pésimo, execrable o aborrecible.
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 detestable
- detestables feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce detestable?
- /detesˈtable/
- [d̪e.t̪esˈt̪a.β̞le]
- [d̪et̪esˈt̪aβ̞le]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to detestable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is detestable in Spanish?
detestable appears 1.3 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).