impertinencia
Spanish, noun/impeɾtiˈnenθja/
impertinencia is spelled I-M-P-E-R-T-I-N-E-N-C-I-A (13 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 68,358th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impertinencia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “impertinence, insistence, intrusiveness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o palabra inoportuna, indiscreta o que molesta por alguna razón”.
What does impertinencia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineimpertinence, insistence, intrusiveness
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o palabra inoportuna, indiscreta o que molesta por alguna razón.
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 impertinencia
- impertinencias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impertinencia?
- /impeɾtiˈnenθja/
- [ĩm.peɾ.t̪iˈnẽn̟.θja]
- /impeɾtiˈnensja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to impertinencia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is impertinencia in Spanish?
impertinencia appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).