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slapstick

Spanish, noun[slapsˈk͡ǀ]

slapstick is spelled S-L-A-P-S-T-I-C-K (9 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish, the 189,865th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Slapstick is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “slapstick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tipo de comedia que implica la exageración de la violencia física”.

What does slapstick mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineslapstick

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Tipo de comedia que implica la exageración de la violencia física.

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.

How do you pronounce slapstick?

  • [slapsˈk͡ǀ]

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

How common is slapstick in Spanish?

slapstick appears about once in every 28 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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