remanso
Spanish, noun
remanso is spelled R-E-M-A-N-S-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 54,064th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Remanso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “backwater, still water (area of stagnant water)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an only used in me remanso, first-person singular present indicative of remansarse. With an accent, remansó is a different word: “only used in se remansó, third-person singular preterite indicative…”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lugar para detenerse, descansar y disfrutar”.
What does remanso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebackwater, still water (area of stagnant water)
- 2
masculinequiet place
- 3
masculinehaven
adjective
- 1
very tame
verb
- 1
only used in me remanso, first-person singular present indicative of remansarse
verb
- 1
only used in se remansó, third-person singular preterite indicative of remansarse
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lugar para detenerse, descansar y disfrutar. 2. Detención o suspensión de la corriente del agua o de un líquido.
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 remanso
- remansos plural
- remansa feminine
- remansas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is remanso in Spanish?
remanso appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).