balín
Spanish, noun/baˈlin/
balín is spelled B-A-L-Í-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 125,209th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Balín is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pellet (small compressed object)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Proyectil que disparan las armas de aire comprimido, similar a una bala pero generalmente con bajo poder de…”.
What does balín mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepellet (small compressed object)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Proyectil que disparan las armas de aire comprimido, similar a una bala pero generalmente con bajo poder de penetración.
noun: 1. Hombre homosexual.
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 balín
- balines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce balín?
- /baˈlin/
- [baˈlĩn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to balín
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is balín in Spanish?
balín appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).