detonante
Spanish, noun/detoˈnante/
detonante is spelled D-E-T-O-N-A-N-T-E (9 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 30,789th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Detonante is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “trigger, cause (an event that initiates others, or incites a response)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Artefacto explosivo”.
What does detonante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinedetonating
noun
- 1
masculinetrigger, cause (an event that initiates others, or incites a response)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Artefacto explosivo. 2. Agente causal de una circunstancia generalmente aciaga.
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 detonante
- detonantes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce detonante?
- /detoˈnante/
- [d̪e.t̪oˈnãn̪.t̪e]
- [d̪et̪oˈnãn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to detonante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is detonante in Spanish?
detonante appears 1.2 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).