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indefectible

Spanish, adjective/indefeɡˈtible/

indefectible is spelled I-N-D-E-F-E-C-T-I-B-L-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish, the 169,030th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indefectible is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “unswerving, resolute” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que no puede faltar o dejar de ser”.

What does indefectible mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculineunswerving, resolute

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 faltar o dejar de ser.

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 indefectible

  • indefectibles feminine masculine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce indefectible?

  • /indefeɡˈtible/
  • [ĩn̪.d̪e.feɣ̞ˈt̪i.β̞le]
  • [ĩn̪d̪efekˈt̪iβ̞le]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to indefectible

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is indefectible in Spanish?

indefectible appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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