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noctámbulo

Spanish, noun/noɡˈtambulo/

noctámbulo is spelled N-O-C-T-Á-M-B-U-L-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 114,759th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Noctámbulo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “one who is awake at night; a night owl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does noctámbulo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    tending to be awake or up and about at night

noun

  1. 1

    masculineone who is awake at night; a night owl

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que está despierto y activo durante la noche.

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 noctámbulo

  • noctámbula feminine
  • noctámbulos masculine plural
  • noctámbulas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce noctámbulo?

  • /noɡˈtambulo/
  • [noɣ̞ˈt̪ãm.bu.lo]
  • [nokˈt̪ãmbulo]

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

English words that translate to noctámbulo

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

How common is noctámbulo in Spanish?

noctámbulo appears about once in every 9 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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