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respetable

Spanish, adjective/respeˈtable/

respetable is spelled R-E-S-P-E-T-A-B-L-E (10 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,811th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Respetable is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “respectable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que merece respeto; digno de respetarse”.

What does respetable mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinerespectable

  2. 2

    femininemasculineconsiderable

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que merece respeto; digno de respetarse. 2. De cantidad o calidad moderadamente mayor que el promedio o la norma. 3. Se dice de la gente que se ajusta al modo de vida que una sociedad considera aceptable, siguiendo las normas y expectativas de la mayoría..

noun: 1. Forma de referirse al conjunto de personas que asisten a un espectáculo o lo siguen por televisión, radio, internet, etc..

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 respetable

  • respetables feminine masculine plural

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

How do you pronounce respetable?

  • /respeˈtable/
  • [res.peˈt̪a.β̞le]
  • [respeˈt̪aβ̞le]

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

English words that translate to respetable

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

How common is respetable in Spanish?

respetable appears 5.8 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).

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