quiste
Spanish, noun/ˈkiste/
quiste is spelled Q-U-I-S-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 42,307th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quiste is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cyst” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Bolsa cerrada con una membrana propia que se desarrolla anormalmente en una cavidad o estructura del cuerpo.…”.
What does quiste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecyst
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bolsa cerrada con una membrana propia que se desarrolla anormalmente en una cavidad o estructura del cuerpo. Los quistes se producen como resultado de un error en el desarrollo embrionario durante el embarazo o pueden ser provocados por infecciones. Sin embargo, a veces aparecen espontáneamente sin causa aparente.
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 quiste
- quistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quiste?
- /ˈkiste/
- [ˈkis.t̪e]
- [ˈkist̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quiste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quiste in Spanish?
quiste appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).