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evanescente

Spanish, adjective[eβ̞aneˈsẽn̪t̪e]

evanescente is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “evanescent, fading” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que parece disolverse en el aire, que se desvanece o esfuma”.

What does evanescente mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculineevanescent, fading

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que parece disolverse en el aire, que se desvanece o esfuma.

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 evanescente

  • evanescentes feminine masculine plural

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

How do you pronounce evanescente?

  • [eβ̞aneˈsẽn̪t̪e]
  • [eβ̞anesˈθẽn̪t̪e]

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

How common is evanescente in Spanish?

evanescente appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).