soroche
Spanish, noun/soˈɾot͡ʃe/
soroche is spelled S-O-R-O-C-H-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written Spanish, the 193,839th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soroche is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “altitude sickness, mountain sickness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Falta de adaptación del organismo debido a la hipoxia (falta de oxígeno) causada por la altitud”.
What does soroche mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealtitude sickness, mountain sickness
- 2
masculinegalena
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Falta de adaptación del organismo debido a la hipoxia (falta de oxígeno) causada por la altitud.
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 soroche
- soroches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce soroche?
- /soˈɾot͡ʃe/
- [soˈɾo.t͡ʃe]
- [soˈɾot͡ʃe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is soroche in Spanish?
soroche appears about once in every 29 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).