rompiente
Spanish, noun/romˈpjente/
rompiente is spelled R-O-M-P-I-E-N-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 129,473rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rompiente is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “reef, shoal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Bajo, escollo o costa donde, cortado el curso de la corriente de un río o el de las olas, rompe y se levanta…”.
What does rompiente mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinereef, shoal
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que rompe.
noun: 1. Bajo, escollo o costa donde, cortado el curso de la corriente de un río o el de las olas, rompe y se levanta el agua.
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 rompiente
- rompientes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rompiente?
- /romˈpjente/
- [rõmˈpjẽn̪.t̪e]
- [rõmˈpjẽn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rompiente in Spanish?
rompiente appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).