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espectro

Spanish, noun/esˈpeɡtɾo/

espectro is spelled E-S-P-E-C-T-R-O (8 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,393rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espectro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “spectrum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Fantasma, representación de algo sobrenatural o aterrador”.

What does espectro mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinespectrum

  2. 2

    masculinespectre, ghost

    El espectro de la novia.

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Fantasma, representación de algo sobrenatural o aterrador.

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 espectro

  • espectros plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce espectro?

  • /esˈpeɡtɾo/
  • [esˈpeɣ̞.t̪ɾo]
  • [esˈpekt̪ɾo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to espectro

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is espectro in Spanish?

espectro appears 11 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).

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