vicisitud
Spanish, noun/biθisiˈtud/
vicisitud is spelled V-I-C-I-S-I-T-U-D (9 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written Spanish, the 193,839th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vicisitud is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “vicissitude, change, succession” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Orden sucesivo o alternativo de alguna cosa”.
What does vicisitud mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevicissitude, change, succession
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Orden sucesivo o alternativo de alguna cosa. 2. Inconstancia o alternación de sucesos prósperos y adversos. 3. Cambio, en especial si repentino, en la fortuna o suerte de una persona.
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 vicisitud
- vicisitudes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vicisitud?
- /biθisiˈtud/
- [bi.θi.siˈt̪uð̞]
- /bisisiˈtud/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vicisitud
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vicisitud in Spanish?
vicisitud appears about once in every 29 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).