sibilancia
Spanish, noun[siβ̞iˈlãnsja]
sibilancia is spelled S-I-B-I-L-A-N-C-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written Spanish, the 308,039th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sibilancia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “wheezing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sonido silbante agudo que se produce al respirar, generalmente como síntoma del taponamiento de los bronquios…”.
What does sibilancia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewheezing
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sonido silbante agudo que se produce al respirar, generalmente como síntoma del taponamiento de los bronquios o de alguna otra afectación de las vías respiratorias.
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 sibilancia
- sibilancias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sibilancia?
- [siβ̞iˈlãnsja]
- [siβ̞iˈlãn̟θja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sibilancia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sibilancia in Spanish?
sibilancia appears about once in every 79 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).