horripilante
Spanish, adjective/oripiˈlante/
horripilante is spelled H-O-R-R-I-P-I-L-A-N-T-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,113th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Horripilante is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “horrifying, shocking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que causa horror o una intensa sensación de miedo, repulsión o estremecimiento”.
What does horripilante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinehorrifying, shocking
- 2
femininemasculineghastly, grisly
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que causa horror o una intensa sensación de miedo, repulsión o estremecimiento.
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 horripilante
- horripilantes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce horripilante?
- /oripiˈlante/
- [o.ri.piˈlãn̪.t̪e]
- [oripiˈlãn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to horripilante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is horripilante in Spanish?
horripilante appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).