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insensible

Spanish, adjective/insenˈsible/

insensible is spelled I-N-S-E-N-S-I-B-L-E (10 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,619th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Insensible is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “insensible, insensitive, callous, cold, tactless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Privado o carente de sentido por dolencia, enfermedad o accidente”.

What does insensible mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculineinsensible, insensitive, callous, cold, tactless

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Privado o carente de sentido por dolencia, enfermedad o accidente 2. Que sus emociones o sentimientos permanecen sin alterar ante cosas que apenan o conmueven 3. Que no da respuesta a determinados estímulos 4. Imperceptible, que no se nota o pasa desapercibido

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 insensible

  • insensibles feminine masculine plural

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

How do you pronounce insensible?

  • /insenˈsible/
  • [ĩn.sẽnˈsi.β̞le]
  • [ĩnsẽnˈsiβ̞le]

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

English words that translate to insensible

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

How common is insensible in Spanish?

insensible appears 2.9 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).

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