abanico
Spanish, noun
abanico is spelled A-B-A-N-I-C-O (7 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,293rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abanico is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “fan (hand-held device)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of abanicar. With an accent, abanicó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of abanicar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento, a modo de una lámina de material ligero, usada para mover el aire”.
What does abanico mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefan (hand-held device)
- 2
masculinerange, rainbow (selection, array)
- 3
masculinefan (“ventilator”)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of abanicar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of abanicar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento, a modo de una lámina de material ligero, usada para mover el aire. 2. Por extensión, cualquier cosa con la forma típica de los abanicos₁, un semicírculo formado por piezas articuladas en su base. 3. Por extensión, cualquier conjunto de posibilidades u opciones alternativas. 4. Cabría para suspender grandes pesos, que ordinariamente se forma a bordo con un palo inclinado hacia fuera y sujeto por el pie a otro vertical.
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 abanico
- abanicos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abanico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abanico in Spanish?
abanico appears 3.5 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).