viudez
Spanish, noun/bjuˈdeθ/
viudez is spelled V-I-U-D-E-Z (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 62,884th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Viudez is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “widowhood/widowerhood; the state of being a widow or widower” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estado de haber perdido al cónyuge o pareja por fallecimiento; si es un varón se le llama viudo, y si es…”.
What does viudez mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewidowhood/widowerhood; the state of being a widow or widower
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Estado de haber perdido al cónyuge o pareja por fallecimiento; si es un varón se le llama viudo, y si es mujer, viuda. En términos generales, a la persona que está en este estado se denomina "cónyuge sobreviviviente" o "cónyuge supérstite".
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 viudez
- viudeces plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce viudez?
- /bjuˈdeθ/
- [bjuˈð̞eθ]
- /bjuˈdes/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to viudez
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is viudez in Spanish?
viudez appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).