impersonal
Spanish, adjective/impeɾsoˈnal/
impersonal is spelled I-M-P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 41,788th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impersonal is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “impersonal (not representing a person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que no tiene carácter personal, en el sentido de calor humano u originalidad”.
What does impersonal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineimpersonal (not representing a person)
- 2
femininemasculineimpersonal (not having a subject)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que no tiene carácter personal, en el sentido de calor humano u originalidad. 2. Que no se aplica a ningún individuo específico. 3. Se dice del verbo u oración en que no aparece el sujeto, por ser desconocido o no aplicarse a nadie en particular. 4. Se dice del modo de dirigirse a otros en tercera persona, sin emplear el tratamiento de "tú", "usted", etc.
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 impersonal
- impersonales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impersonal?
- /impeɾsoˈnal/
- [ĩm.peɾ.soˈnal]
- [ĩmpeɾsoˈnal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to impersonal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is impersonal in Spanish?
impersonal appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).