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marasmo

Spanish, noun/maˈɾasmo/

marasmo is spelled M-A-R-A-S-M-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 96,067th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marasmo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “marasmus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Grado extremo de extenuación o enflaquecimiento”.

What does marasmo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemarasmus

  2. 2

    masculineapathy

  3. 3

    masculinestagnation

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Grado extremo de extenuación o enflaquecimiento. 2. Suspensión total de la actividad de una cosa o de la actividad física o mental de una persona. 3. Apatía. 4. Disminución de la actividad económica o comercial.

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 marasmo

  • marasmos plural

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

How do you pronounce marasmo?

  • /maˈɾasmo/
  • [maˈɾaz.mo]
  • [maˈɾasmo]

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

English words that translate to marasmo

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

How common is marasmo in Spanish?

marasmo appears about once in every 6 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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