incipiente
Spanish, adjective/inθiˈpjente/
incipiente is spelled I-N-C-I-P-I-E-N-T-E (10 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 18,462nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incipiente is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “beginning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que está comenzando”.
What does incipiente mean in English?
adjective
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femininemasculinebeginning
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que está comenzando. 2. En particular, que se inicia en el aprendizaje de una disciplina o profesión.
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 incipiente
- incipientes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce incipiente?
- /inθiˈpjente/
- [ĩn̟.θiˈpjẽn̪.t̪e]
- /insiˈpjente/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to incipiente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is incipiente in Spanish?
incipiente appears 2.7 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).