insustancial
Spanish, adjective/insustanˈθjal/
insustancial is spelled I-N-S-U-S-T-A-N-C-I-A-L (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 69,196th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Insustancial is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “insubstantial, flimsy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que no tiene sustancia, significado o importancia”.
What does insustancial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineinsubstantial, flimsy
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que no tiene sustancia, significado o importancia.
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 insustancial
- insustanciales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce insustancial?
- /insustanˈθjal/
- [ĩn.sus.t̪ãn̟ˈθjal]
- /insustanˈsjal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to insustancial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is insustancial in Spanish?
insustancial appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).