alebrije
Spanish, noun/aleˈbɾixe/
alebrije is spelled A-L-E-B-R-I-J-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish, the 165,375th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alebrije is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “an alebrije” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Artesanía mexicana hecha de diferentes tipos de papel o de madera tallada y pintada con colores alegres y…”.
What does alebrije mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinean alebrije
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Artesanía mexicana hecha de diferentes tipos de papel o de madera tallada y pintada con colores alegres y vibrantes. Generalmente representan a un animal imaginario, conformado por elementos fisionómicos de varios animales diferentes.
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 alebrije
- alebrijes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alebrije?
- /aleˈbɾixe/
- [a.leˈβ̞ɾi.xe]
- [aleˈβ̞ɾixe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is alebrije in Spanish?
alebrije appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).