mordacidad
Spanish, noun/moɾdaθiˈdad/
mordacidad is spelled M-O-R-D-A-C-I-D-A-D (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 101,597th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mordacidad is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “acerbity, sharpness (of a person's mode of speaking), mordacity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El estado o carácter de lo que es mordaz”.
What does mordacidad mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineacerbity, sharpness (of a person's mode of speaking), mordacity
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. El estado o carácter de lo que es mordaz.
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 mordacidad
- mordacidades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mordacidad?
- /moɾdaθiˈdad/
- [moɾ.ð̞a.θiˈð̞að̞]
- /moɾdasiˈdad/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mordacidad in Spanish?
mordacidad appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).