histrión
Spanish, noun/isˈtɾjon/
histrión is spelled H-I-S-T-R-I-Ó-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish, the 157,080th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Histrión is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “actor, playactor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Actor que representaba disfrazado en la comedia o tragedia de la Antigüedad”.
What does histrión mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineactor, playactor
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Actor que representaba disfrazado en la comedia o tragedia de la Antigüedad. 2. Acróbata, jugador de manos u otra cualquiera persona que divertía al público con disfraces. 3. Actor de teatro. 4. Persona que se comporta exagerada o falsamente, como un histrión.
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 histrión
- histriones plural
- histrionisa feminine
- histrionisas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce histrión?
- /isˈtɾjon/
- [isˈt̪ɾjõn]
- [ist̪ɾiˈõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is histrión in Spanish?
histrión appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).