ariete
Spanish, noun
ariete is spelled A-R-I-E-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 42,307th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ariete is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “battering ram” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of arietar. With an accent, arieté is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of arietar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Jugador de la delantera central”.
What does ariete mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebattering ram
- 2
masculineram (hydraulic device)
noun
- 1
femininemasculinestriker
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of arietar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arma de asedio originada en épocas antiguas, usada para romper las puertas o las paredes fortificadas. 2. Jugador de la delantera central.
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 ariete
- arietes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ariete
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ariete in Spanish?
ariete appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).