acetal
Spanish, noun/aθeˈtal/
acetal is spelled A-C-E-T-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written Spanish, the 321,281st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acetal is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “acetal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Molécula con dos grupos alcoxi, unidos a un mismo átomo de carbono. Se preparan a partir de la acetona o…”.
What does acetal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineacetal
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Molécula con dos grupos alcoxi, unidos a un mismo átomo de carbono. Se preparan a partir de la acetona o aldehído correspondiente y un alcohol, en presencia de ácido mineral.
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 acetal
- acetales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acetal?
- /aθeˈtal/
- [a.θeˈt̪al]
- /aseˈtal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acetal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acetal in Spanish?
acetal appears about once in every 87 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).