salvapantallas
Spanish, noun/ˌsalbapanˈtaʝas/
salvapantallas is spelled S-A-L-V-A-P-A-N-T-A-L-L-A-S (14 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 135,232nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salvapantallas is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “screensaver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Programa informático que muestra patrones en movimiento en la pantalla cuando la computadora ha estado…”.
What does salvapantallas mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescreensaver
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Programa informático que muestra patrones en movimiento en la pantalla cuando la computadora ha estado inactiva durante un período de tiempo prolongado. Su propósito era evitar que el fósforo se quemara en los tubos de rayo catódico o las pantallas de plasma.
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.
How do you pronounce salvapantallas?
- /ˌsalbapanˈtaʝas/
- [ˌsal.β̞a.pãn̪ˈt̪a.ʝas]
- [salβ̞apãn̪ˈt̪aʝas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to salvapantallas
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is salvapantallas in Spanish?
salvapantallas appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).