imprescriptible
Spanish, adjective/impɾeskɾibˈtible/
imprescriptible is spelled I-M-P-R-E-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-B-L-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 109,730th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imprescriptible is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “imprescriptible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que no puede o no debe prescribir o prescribirse”.
What does imprescriptible mean in English?
adjective
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que no puede o no debe prescribir o prescribirse. 2. Que no puede caducar.
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 imprescriptible
- imprescriptibles feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imprescriptible?
- /impɾeskɾibˈtible/
- [ĩm.pɾes.kɾiβ̞ˈt̪i.β̞le]
- [ĩmpɾeskɾipˈt̪iβ̞le]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is imprescriptible in Spanish?
imprescriptible appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).