instante
Spanish, noun/insˈtante/
instante is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “instant, moment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Fracción diminuta de tiempo”.
What does instante mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinstant, moment
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fracción diminuta de tiempo. 2. Elemento último en el que idealmente se resuelve la duración de los entes. Es al tiempo lo que el punto al espacio. 3. Segundo (de tiempo): 1/60 de minuto.
adjective: 1. Que insta o urge a que se haga algo.
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 instante
- instantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce instante?
- /insˈtante/
- [ĩnsˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]
- [ĩnsˈt̪ãn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to instante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is instante in Spanish?
instante appears 23 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).