subsistencia
Spanish, noun/subsisˈtenθja/
subsistencia is spelled S-U-B-S-I-S-T-E-N-C-I-A (12 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,293rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Subsistencia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “subsistence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Permanencia, estabilidad y conservación de las cosas”.
What does subsistencia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesubsistence
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Permanencia, estabilidad y conservación de las cosas. 2. Conjunto de medios necesarios para la vida humana. 3. Complemento último de la substancia, o acto por el cual una substancia se hace incomunicable a otra.
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 subsistencia
- subsistencias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce subsistencia?
- /subsisˈtenθja/
- [suβ̞.sisˈt̪ẽn̟.θja]
- /subsisˈtensja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to subsistencia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is subsistencia in Spanish?
subsistencia appears 3.5 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).