explosivo
Spanish, noun/eɡsploˈsibo/
explosivo is spelled E-X-P-L-O-S-I-V-O (9 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,524th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Explosivo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “explosive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does explosivo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
explosive
noun
- 1
masculineexplosive
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dícese del dispositivo o sustancia que en tiempo muy breve puede liberar una gran cantidad de: calor, presión o radiación, es decir que puede hacer explosión. 2. Relativo a la explosión; capaz de producirla. 3. Que tiene un estilo de juego impredecible, desequilibrante y que tiende a sorprender repentinamente al rival. 4. Dicho de un fonema: que se pronuncia mediante la oclusión y explosión.
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 explosivo
- explosiva feminine
- explosivos masculine plural
- explosivas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce explosivo?
- /eɡsploˈsibo/
- [eɣ̞s.ploˈsi.β̞o]
- [eksploˈsiβ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to explosivo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is explosivo in Spanish?
explosivo appears 3.8 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).