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pathos

Spanish, noun/ˈpatos/

pathos is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pathos (the quality of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does pathos mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepathos (the quality of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions)

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

How do you pronounce pathos?

  • /ˈpatos/
  • [ˈpa.t̪os]

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

English words that translate to pathos

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

How common is pathos in Spanish?

pathos appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).