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insalubre

Spanish, adjective/insaˈlubɾe/

insalubre is spelled I-N-S-A-L-U-B-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 54,064th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Insalubre is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “unhealthy, insanitary, unsanitary, insalubrious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que afecta negativamente a la salud”.

What does insalubre mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculineunhealthy, insanitary, unsanitary, insalubrious

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que afecta negativamente a la salud.

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 insalubre

  • insalubres feminine masculine plural

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

How do you pronounce insalubre?

  • /insaˈlubɾe/
  • [ĩn.saˈlu.β̞ɾe]
  • [ĩnsaˈluβ̞ɾe]

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

English words that translate to insalubre

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

How common is insalubre in Spanish?

insalubre appears about once in every 2 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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