suspenso
Spanish, noun/susˈpenso/
suspenso is spelled S-U-S-P-E-N-S-O (8 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 13,412th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Suspenso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “suspense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estado de impaciencia y ansiosa espera de que algo ocurra”.
What does suspenso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
failed
noun
- 1
Latin-Americamasculinesuspense
- 2
masculinecliffhanger
- 3
Spainmasculinefail
- 4
masculineabeyance
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Estado de impaciencia y ansiosa espera de que algo ocurra.
verb: 1. Participio pasado irregular del verbo suspender.
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 suspenso
- suspensa feminine
- suspensos masculine plural
- suspensas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce suspenso?
- /susˈpenso/
- [susˈpẽn.so]
- [susˈpẽnso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to suspenso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is suspenso in Spanish?
suspenso appears 4.3 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).