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rumor

Spanish, noun/ruˈmoɾ/

rumor is spelled R-U-M-O-R (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,116th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rumor is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “rumor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Comentario o comunicación informal y sin fundamento que se propaga de boca en boca”.

What does rumor mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinerumor

  2. 2

    masculinemurmur

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Comentario o comunicación informal y sin fundamento que se propaga de boca en boca. 2. Ruido confuso, monótono y apagado. 3. Ruido de voces que se confunden y mezclan unas con otras sin poderse distinguir lo que se habla o comenta

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 rumor

  • rumores plural

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

How do you pronounce rumor?

  • /ruˈmoɾ/
  • [ruˈmoɾ]

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

English words that translate to rumor

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

How common is rumor in Spanish?

rumor appears 10 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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