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halitosis

Spanish, noun/aliˈtosis/

halitosis is spelled H-A-L-I-T-O-S-I-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 117,287th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Halitosis is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “halitosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mal olor del aliento o la boca”.

What does halitosis mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininehalitosis

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Mal olor del aliento o la boca.

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.

How do you pronounce halitosis?

  • /aliˈtosis/
  • [a.liˈt̪o.sis]
  • [aliˈt̪osis]

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

English words that translate to halitosis

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

How common is halitosis in Spanish?

halitosis appears about once in every 10 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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