almagre
Spanish, noun
almagre is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “ruddle (red ochre)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of almagrar. With an accent, almagré is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of almagrar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Óxido de hierro en estado natural, de color rojo. Se usa como pigmento en pintura y en alfarería”.
What does almagre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineruddle (red ochre)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of almagrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Óxido de hierro en estado natural, de color rojo. Se usa como pigmento en pintura y en alfarería. 2. Distintivo, marca, señal, elemento que se pone o hay en algo o en alguien y que lo identifica o distingue.
adjective: 1. Que tiene el tono o el color rojo típico del almagre₁.
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 almagre
- almagres plural
- almagra alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to almagre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is almagre in Spanish?
almagre appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).