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humor

Spanish, noun/uˈmoɾ/

humor is spelled H-U-M-O-R (5 letters) and appears 47 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,851st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Humor is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “mood (a mental or emotional state)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Líquido dentro del cuerpo de un animal o vegetal, que cumple una función biológica específica”.

What does humor mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemood (a mental or emotional state)

    estar de buen humor

  2. 2

    masculinehumor

    un sentido del humor

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Líquido dentro del cuerpo de un animal o vegetal, que cumple una función biológica específica. 2. Estado anímico que repercute en la conducta o aspecto del afectado. :*Sinónimos: ánimo, espíritu, temperamento. 3. Condición anímica favorable para emprender algo. 4. Disposición anímica jovial.

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 humor

  • humores plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce humor?

  • /uˈmoɾ/
  • [uˈmoɾ]

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

English words that translate to humor

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

How common is humor in Spanish?

humor appears 47 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).

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