banal
Spanish, adjective/baˈnal/
banal is spelled B-A-N-A-L (5 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 30,789th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Banal is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “banal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que no tiene sustancia, ni especial significado”.
What does banal mean in English?
adjective
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que no tiene sustancia, ni especial significado. 2. Dicho de algún oficio o tarea: Que lo puede hacer cualquier persona aun sin estar capacitado para ello. 3. Dicho de algún tema: Que es muy sabido y manoseado por todos; que en esencia constituye una perogrullada.
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 banal
- banales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce banal?
- /baˈnal/
- [baˈnal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to banal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is banal in Spanish?
banal appears 1.2 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).