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kitsch

Spanish, noun/ˈkit͡ʃ/

kitsch is spelled K-I-T-S-C-H (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,742nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kitsch is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “kitsch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does kitsch mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinekitsch

adjective

  1. 1

    kitschy

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que pretende resultar refinado o sentimental sin lograrlo, resultando de mal gusto.

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.

How do you pronounce kitsch?

  • /ˈkit͡ʃ/
  • [ˈkit͡ʃ]

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

English words that translate to kitsch

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

How common is kitsch in Spanish?

kitsch 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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