eclipse
Spanish, noun
eclipse is spelled E-C-L-I-P-S-E (7 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,111th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eclipse is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “eclipse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of eclipsar. With an accent, eclipsé is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of eclipsar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hecho en el que la luz procedente de un cuerpo celeste es bloqueada por otro”.
What does eclipse mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineeclipse
- 2
masculinedisappearance
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of eclipsar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hecho en el que la luz procedente de un cuerpo celeste es bloqueada por otro. 2. Desaparición de una cosa a la vista. 3. Oscurecimiento, deslucimiento.
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 eclipse
- eclipses plural
- eclipsi alternative obsolete
- eclise alternative nonstandard
- eclicse alternative nonstandard
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to eclipse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is eclipse in Spanish?
eclipse appears 4.9 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).