improperio
Spanish, noun/impɾoˈpeɾjo/
improperio is spelled I-M-P-R-O-P-E-R-I-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 126,596th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Improperio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “insult, affront, diss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Palabras que agravian en especial las que se emplean para acusar a alguien frente a frente”.
What does improperio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinsult, affront, diss
soltar improperios
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Palabras que agravian en especial las que se emplean para acusar a alguien frente a frente.
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 improperio
- improperios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce improperio?
- /impɾoˈpeɾjo/
- [ĩm.pɾoˈpe.ɾjo]
- [ĩmpɾoˈpeɾjo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to improperio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is improperio in Spanish?
improperio appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).