sostenible
Spanish, adjective/sosteˈnible/
sostenible is spelled S-O-S-T-E-N-I-B-L-E (10 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,633rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sostenible is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “sustainable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que puede sostenerse”.
What does sostenible mean in English?
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que puede sostenerse; 2. Que puede ser manufacturado o sustentado por un periodo indefinido sin dañar el medioambiente o sin agotar un recurso.
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 sostenible
- sostenibles feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sostenible?
- /sosteˈnible/
- [sos.t̪eˈni.β̞le]
- [sost̪eˈniβ̞le]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sostenible
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sostenible in Spanish?
sostenible appears 11 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).