bagatela
Spanish, noun/baɡaˈtela/
bagatela is spelled B-A-G-A-T-E-L-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 86,552nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bagatela is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “bagatelle, trifle (an unsubstantial thing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cosa de poco valor o importancia”.
What does bagatela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebagatelle, trifle (an unsubstantial thing)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cosa de poco valor o importancia. 2. Por extensión, asunto o problema de poco valor o importancia.
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 bagatela
- bagatelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bagatela?
- /baɡaˈtela/
- [ba.ɣ̞aˈt̪e.la]
- [baɣ̞aˈt̪ela]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bagatela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bagatela in Spanish?
bagatela appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).