actual
Spanish, noun/aɡˈtwal/
actual is spelled A-C-T-U-A-L (6 letters) and appears 155 times per million words in written Spanish, the 551st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Actual is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “of the current month, year, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does actual mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepresent, current
- 2
femininemasculinefactual
- 3
femininemasculineactual, real
- 4
femininemasculinepresent-day
San Pablo nació en Tarso de Cilicia en la actual Turquía.
noun
- 1
masculineof the current month, year, etc.
El día veinte del actual.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relativo a los hechos o actos; real 2. Relativo al tiempo presente. 3. Que contiene información o herramientas vigentes. 4. Dicho de una prenda de ropa, accesorios, construcciones, etc; que está en la moda vigente.
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 actual
- actuales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce actual?
- /aɡˈtwal/
- [aɣ̞ˈt̪wal]
- [akˈt̪wal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to actual
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is actual in Spanish?
actual appears 155 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).