aceite
Spanish, noun
aceite is spelled A-C-E-I-T-E (6 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,872nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aceite is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “oil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of aceitar. With an accent, aceité is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of aceitar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Grasa que a temperatura ambiente mantiene forma líquida y, con menos densidad que el agua, no se disuelve en…”.
What does aceite mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoil
- 2
masculineolive oil
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of aceitar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grasa que a temperatura ambiente mantiene forma líquida y, con menos densidad que el agua, no se disuelve en ella. 2. En particular, la que se extrae de la aceituna (aceite de oliva). 3. Cualquier sustancia de aspecto aceitoso. 4. Aceite₁ de linaza cocido con ajo, vidrio molido y litargirio; usado para secar con rapidez los colores.
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 aceite
- aceites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to aceite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aceite in Spanish?
aceite appears 29 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).