caballete
Spanish, noun/kabaˈʝete/
caballete is spelled C-A-B-A-L-L-E-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 49,460th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caballete is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “easel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Línea horizontal y más elevada de un tejado, de la cual arrancan dos vertientes”.
What does caballete mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineeasel
- 2
masculineridge (of a roof)
- 3
masculinetrestle (of furniture)
- 4
masculinestand; kickstand (support)
- 5
masculinebridge (of the nose)
- 6
masculinekeel (of a bird)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Línea horizontal y más elevada de un tejado, de la cual arrancan dos vertientes. 2. Madero en que se quebranta el cáñamo o lino. 3. Pieza de los guadarneses, que se compone de dos tablas juntas a lo largo, de modo que formen lomo, y las cuales, elevadas sobre cuatro pies, sirven para tener las sillas de montar de manera que no se maltraten los fustes. 4. Soporte usado por los carpinteros formado por varias tablas que unidas y cruzándose en determinados puntos, sirve para apoyar las maderas que están trabajando.
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 caballete
- caballetes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caballete?
- /kabaˈʝete/
- [ka.β̞aˈʝe.t̪e]
- [kaβ̞aˈʝet̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caballete
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caballete in Spanish?
caballete appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).