indispensable
Spanish, adjective/indispenˈsable/
indispensable is spelled I-N-D-I-S-P-E-N-S-A-B-L-E (13 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,670th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indispensable is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “indispensable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que no se puede dispensar”.
What does indispensable 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 se puede dispensar. 2. Que es necesario o muy regular que suceda.
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 indispensable
- indispensables feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce indispensable?
- /indispenˈsable/
- [ĩn̪.d̪is.pẽnˈsa.β̞le]
- [ĩn̪d̪ispẽnˈsaβ̞le]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to indispensable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is indispensable in Spanish?
indispensable appears 9.1 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).