lontananza
Spanish, noun/lontaˈnanθa/
lontananza is spelled L-O-N-T-A-N-A-N-Z-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 139,655th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lontananza is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “background (part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Términos de un cuadro más distantes del plano principal”.
What does lontananza mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebackground (part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Términos de un cuadro más distantes del plano principal.
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 lontananza
- lontananzas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lontananza?
- /lontaˈnanθa/
- [lõn̪.t̪aˈnãn̟.θa]
- /lontaˈnansa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lontananza
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lontananza in Spanish?
lontananza appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).