vacante
Spanish, noun/baˈkante/
vacante is spelled V-A-C-A-N-T-E (7 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,318th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vacante is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “vacancy; opening (as for a job)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Puesto o cargo libre que no está siendo ocupado por nadie”.
What does vacante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinevacant
- 2
femininemasculineempty
noun
- 1
femininevacancy; opening (as for a job)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Puesto o cargo libre que no está siendo ocupado por nadie. 2. Tipo de defecto cristalino que se produce cuando falta un átomo o un ion en su sitio normal dentro de la estructura cristalina.
adjective: 1. Dícese de aquello que está libre, sin ocupar.
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 vacante
- vacantes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vacante?
- /baˈkante/
- [baˈkãn̪.t̪e]
- [baˈkãn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vacante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vacante in Spanish?
vacante appears 4.8 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).