rescate
Spanish, noun
rescate is spelled R-E-S-C-A-T-E (7 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,621st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rescate is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “rescue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of rescatar. With an accent, rescaté is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of rescatar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de rescatar”.
What does rescate mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerescue
- 2
masculineransom
- 3
masculinebail-out, bail out
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of rescatar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de rescatar. 2. Pago que se pide o hace para rescatar a alguien secuestrado o algo capturado 3. Préstamo o dación de capital financiero a una empresa, país o individuo que se encuentra en peligro de bancarrota, para salvarlo de la quiebra, insolvencia, la liquidación o la ruina, o para permitir que una entidad quiebre sin producir contagio financiero.
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 rescate
- rescates plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rescate
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rescate in Spanish?
rescate appears 22 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).