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silencioso

Spanish, adjective/silenˈθjoso/

silencioso is spelled S-I-L-E-N-C-I-O-S-O (10 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,987th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Silencioso is a Spanish adjective meaning “silent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que no hace apenas ruido, que no se le escucha”.

What does silencioso mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    silent

  2. 2

    quiet

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que no hace apenas ruido, que no se le escucha.

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 silencioso

  • silenciosa feminine
  • silenciosos masculine plural
  • silenciosas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce silencioso?

  • /silenˈθjoso/
  • [si.lẽn̟ˈθjo.so]
  • /silenˈsjoso/

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

English words that translate to silencioso

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

How common is silencioso in Spanish?

silencioso appears 4.5 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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