azufre
Spanish, noun
azufre is spelled A-Z-U-F-R-E (6 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,530th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Azufre is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “sulfur” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of azufrar. With an accent, azufré is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of azufrar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El azufre es un elemento químico de número atómico 16 y símbolo S. Es un no metal abundante e insípido. El…”.
What does azufre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesulfur
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of azufrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. El azufre es un elemento químico de número atómico 16 y símbolo S. Es un no metal abundante e insípido. El azufre se encuentra en sulfuros y sulfatos e incluso en forma nativa (especialmente en regiones volcánicas). Es un elemento químico esencial para todos los organismos y necesario para muchos aminoácidos y por consiguiente también para las proteínas. Se usa principalmente como fertilizante per
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 azufre
- azufres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to azufre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is azufre in Spanish?
azufre appears 3.2 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).