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macilento

Spanish, adjective/maθiˈlento/

macilento is spelled M-A-C-I-L-E-N-T-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written Spanish, the 241,869th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Macilento is a Spanish adjective meaning “haggard, emaciated, gaunt, scrawny, sickly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Enflaquecido, pálido, descolorido”.

What does macilento mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    haggard, emaciated, gaunt, scrawny, sickly

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Enflaquecido, pálido, descolorido.

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 macilento

  • macilenta feminine
  • macilentos masculine plural
  • macilentas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce macilento?

  • /maθiˈlento/
  • [ma.θiˈlẽn̪.t̪o]
  • /masiˈlento/

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

English words that translate to macilento

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

How common is macilento in Spanish?

macilento appears about once in every 47 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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