terrible
Spanish, adjective/teˈrible/
terrible is spelled T-E-R-R-I-B-L-E (8 letters) and appears 44 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,983rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Terrible is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “terrible, awful, horrible (very bad)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Severo”.
What does terrible mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineterrible, awful, horrible (very bad)
- 2
femininemasculineappalling (shocking, causing consternation)
- 3
femininemasculineterrific (very great or intense)
Los jóvenes de hoy en día están bajo estrés terrible.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Severo. 2. Extremadamente malo. 3. Que produce terror. 4. Enorme, muy grande.
adverb: 1. Muy, excesivamente, demasiado.
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 terrible
- terribles feminine masculine plural
- terribilísimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce terrible?
- /teˈrible/
- [t̪eˈri.β̞le]
- [t̪eˈriβ̞le]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to terrible
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is terrible in Spanish?
terrible appears 44 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).