horror
Spanish, noun/oˈroɾ/
horror is spelled H-O-R-R-O-R (6 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,184th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Horror is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “horror; terror” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Emoción intensa en respuesta a lo terrible, a algo o alguien que produce miedo, pavor”.
What does horror mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehorror; terror
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Emoción intensa en respuesta a lo terrible, a algo o alguien que produce miedo, pavor. 2. Cualquier cosa que puede producir esta emoción. 3. Rechazo, aversión o repulsión intensa hacia algo o alguien. 4. Condición o carácter de grande, numeroso, o muy intenso.
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 horror
- horrores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce horror?
- /oˈroɾ/
- [oˈroɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to horror
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is horror in Spanish?
horror appears 15 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).