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álabe

Spanish, noun

álabe is spelled Á-L-A-B-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 106,207th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Álabe is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “olive branch bent down and reaching the ground” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, alabé is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of alabar”. Without its accent, alabe is a different word: “first/third-person singular present subjunctive”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Rama de árbol combada hacia la tierra”.

What does álabe mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineolive branch bent down and reaching the ground

  2. 2

    masculineany of the force-transmitting elements of a propelling wheel in a water-mill, flier, vane

  3. 3

    masculineturbine blade; windmill sail

  4. 4

    masculinetappet on a fulling wheel

  5. 5

    masculinea barrier such as a mat on the side of a carriage so he who drives it does not fall out

  6. 6

    masculinesides of a target or shield

verb

as alabé
  1. 1

    first-person singular preterite indicative of alabar

verb

as alabe
  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person singular imperative

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Rama de árbol combada hacia la tierra. 2. Estera puesta a los lados del carro para que no se caiga lo que se conduce en él. 3. Alero o ala de un tejado. 4. Cada una de las paletas curvas de la rueda hidráulica que reciben el impulso del agua.

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 álabe

  • álabes plural

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

English words that translate to álabe

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

How common is álabe in Spanish?

álabe appears about once in every 8 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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