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cabal

Spanish, adjective/kaˈbal/

cabal is spelled C-A-B-A-L (5 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,596th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cabal is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “upright, honest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ajustado a peso o medida”.

What does cabal mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculineupright, honest

  2. 2

    femininemasculineexact

  3. 3

    femininemasculinecomplete, entire, full

adverb

  1. 1

    colloquialexactly, exact, yes

    Sí, cabal, así es cómo se hace.

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Ajustado a peso o medida. 2. Dícese de lo que cabe a cada uno. 3. Íntegro, completo, acabado.

adverb: 1. Cabalmente.

interjection: 1. Úsase para expresar que se está de acuerdo con lo que alguien dice.

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 cabal

  • cabales feminine masculine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cabal?

  • /kaˈbal/
  • [kaˈβ̞al]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to cabal

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is cabal in Spanish?

cabal appears 2.0 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).

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