alavés
Spanish, noun/alaˈbes/
alavés is spelled A-L-A-V-É-S (6 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 31,673rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alavés is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “native or inhabitant of the province of Álava, Basque Country, Spain (usually male)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does alavés mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of, from or relating to the province of Álava, Basque Country, Spain
noun
- 1
masculinenative or inhabitant of the province of Álava, Basque Country, Spain (usually male)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Originario, relativo a, o propio de Álava, en España.
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 alavés
- alavesa feminine
- alaveses masculine plural
- alavesas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alavés?
- /alaˈbes/
- [a.laˈβ̞es]
- [alaˈβ̞es]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is alavés in Spanish?
alavés appears 1.2 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).