espantable
Spanish, adjective/espanˈtable/
espantable is spelled E-S-P-A-N-T-A-B-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written Spanish, the 262,932nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espantable is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “horrific, awful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que causa espanto”.
What does espantable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinehorrific, awful
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que causa espanto.
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 espantable
- espantables feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espantable?
- /espanˈtable/
- [es.pãn̪ˈt̪a.β̞le]
- [espãn̪ˈt̪aβ̞le]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is espantable in Spanish?
espantable appears about once in every 56 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).