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short

Spanish, noun/ˈʃoɾt/

short is spelled S-H-O-R-T (5 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 11,921st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Short is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “shorts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pantalón muy corto”.

What does short mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineshorts

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Pantalón muy corto.

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 short

  • shorts plural

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

How do you pronounce short?

  • /ˈʃoɾt/
  • [ˈʃoɾt̪]

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

English words that translate to short

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

How common is short in Spanish?

short appears 5.0 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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