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aire

Spanish, noun

aire is spelled A-I-R-E (4 letters) and appears 117 times per million words in written Spanish, the 737th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aire is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “air (the substance constituting earth's atmosphere)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, aíre is a different word: “first/third-person singular present subjunctive”. With an accent, airé is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of airar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mezcla de gases que fluye libremente hacia todas las direcciones posibles y ocupa todo el espacio libre de un…”.

What does aire mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineair (the substance constituting earth's atmosphere)

  2. 2

    masculineair (the open space above the ground)

  3. 3

    masculineair; wind

  4. 4

    masculineair (a feeling or sense)

  5. 5

    masculineresemblance (to another person)

    Se da un aire a tu padre

  6. 6

    masculineair (pretension; snobbishness)

    darse aires

  7. 7

    masculineair (a sense of poise, graciousness, or quality)

  8. 8

    masculineellipsis of aire acondicionado

interjection

  1. 1

    get out; begone; away!

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesolenodon

verb

as aíre
  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person singular imperative

verb

as airé
  1. 1

    first-person singular preterite indicative of airar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Mezcla de gases que fluye libremente hacia todas las direcciones posibles y ocupa todo el espacio libre de un recinto. 2. Por extensión, espacio correspondiente a la atmósfera terrestre. 3. Uno de los cuatro elementos básicos de la alquimia. 4. Elemento que incluye los signos de Géminis, Libra y Acuario.

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 aire

  • aires plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to aire

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is aire in Spanish?

aire appears 117 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).

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