silvestre
Spanish, adjective/silˈbestɾe/
silvestre is spelled S-I-L-V-E-S-T-R-E (9 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,778th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Silvestre is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “wild (untamed; not domesticated)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que no ha sido domesticado o cultivado por el hombre”.
What does silvestre mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinewild (untamed; not domesticated)
- 2
femininemasculineuncultivated
- 3
femininemasculinerustic, rural
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que no ha sido domesticado o cultivado por el hombre. 2. Que no esta refinado, educado, cultivado.
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 silvestre
- silvestres feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce silvestre?
- /silˈbestɾe/
- [silˈβ̞es.t̪ɾe]
- [silˈβ̞est̪ɾe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to silvestre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is silvestre in Spanish?
silvestre appears 6.6 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).