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silueta

Spanish, noun/siˈlweta/

silueta is spelled S-I-L-U-E-T-A (7 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 18,462nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Silueta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “silhouette” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Contorno de una figura”.

What does silueta mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininesilhouette

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Contorno de una figura 2. Dibujo o pintura que representa sólo la silueta₁ de las imágenes 3. Por extensión, apariencia que ofrece un objeto cuando sólo es visible su contorno, como cuando está expuesto a un fuerte contraluz

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 silueta

  • siluetas plural

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

How do you pronounce silueta?

  • /siˈlweta/
  • [siˈlwe.t̪a]
  • Spain [siˈlwet̪a]

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

English words that translate to silueta

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

How common is silueta in Spanish?

silueta appears 2.7 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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