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insulso

Spanish, adjective/inˈsulso/

insulso is spelled I-N-S-U-L-S-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 80,775th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Insulso is a Spanish adjective meaning “insipid, bland” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que carece de sabor”.

What does insulso mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    insipid, bland

  2. 2

    ungracious

  3. 3

    dull, boring

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que carece de sabor 2. Que no muestra la intensidad de sabor que se considera aceptable o deseable 3. Falto de gracia y viveza; que no produce emoción o sentimiento en la medida adecuada.

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 insulso

  • insulsa feminine
  • insulsos masculine plural
  • insulsas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce insulso?

  • /inˈsulso/
  • [ĩnˈsul.so]
  • [ĩnˈsulso]

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

English words that translate to insulso

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

How common is insulso in Spanish?

insulso appears about once in every 5 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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