malestar
Spanish, noun/malesˈtaɾ/
malestar is spelled M-A-L-E-S-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,590th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malestar is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “unease” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sensación de encontrarse mal o molesto”.
What does malestar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineunease
- 2
masculinediscomfort
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sensación de encontrarse mal o molesto
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 malestar
- malestares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malestar?
- /malesˈtaɾ/
- [ma.lesˈt̪aɾ]
- [malesˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to malestar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malestar in Spanish?
malestar appears 6.8 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).