distante
Spanish, adjective/disˈtante/
distante is spelled D-I-S-T-A-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,540th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Distante is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “distant (space or time)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que tiene o toma cierta distancia (cantidad de espacio o de tiempo) respecto de otro ser, punto o elemento…”.
What does distante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinedistant (space or time)
- 2
femininemasculinedetached, aloof, standoffish
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que tiene o toma cierta distancia (cantidad de espacio o de tiempo) respecto de otro ser, punto o elemento; que dista. 2. Que está o se percibe lejos, no cerca de determinado referente. 3. Que evita la comunicación, el trato, la emotividad o la amistad íntima. 4. Que tiene una diferencia apreciable respecto de otro ser o elemento con que se compara; que dista de él.
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 distante
- distantes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce distante?
- /disˈtante/
- [d̪isˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]
- [d̪isˈt̪ãn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to distante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is distante in Spanish?
distante appears 4.7 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).