instantáneo
Spanish, adjective
instantáneo is spelled I-N-S-T-A-N-T-Á-N-E-O (11 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,596th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Instantáneo is a Spanish adjective meaning “instantaneous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, instántaneo is a different word: “brief”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que sólo dura un instante”.
What does instantáneo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
instantaneous
adjective
- 1
brief
- 2
instantaneous
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que sólo dura un instante. 2. Que ocurre o se produce en un período de tiempo imperceptible, cortísimo.
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 instantáneo
- instantánea feminine
- instantáneos masculine plural
- instantáneas feminine plural
- instántanea feminine
- instántaneos masculine plural
- instántaneas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to instantáneo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is instantáneo in Spanish?
instantáneo appears 2.0 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).