ají
Spanish, noun/aˈxi/
ají is spelled A-J-Í (3 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 29,960th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ají is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pepper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Fruto comestible de diversas especies del género Capsicum, usualmente picante, que se emplea como condimento”.
What does ají mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepepper
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fruto comestible de diversas especies del género Capsicum, usualmente picante, que se emplea como condimento. 2. (Capsicum) Arbustos de la familia de las solanáceas, cultivados en todo el mundo por sus frutos, usualmente de sabor picante. 3. Salsa picante preparada con ají₁ molido y otros aliños.
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 ají
- ajíes plural
- ajís plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ají?
- /aˈxi/
- [aˈxi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ají
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ají in Spanish?
ají appears 1.3 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).