calibre
Spanish, noun
calibre is spelled C-A-L-I-B-R-E (7 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,631st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calibre is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “calibre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of calibrar. With an accent, calibré is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of calibrar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Diámetro interno de los tubos, las cañerías, los cañones y de otros agujeros circulares presentes en los…”.
What does calibre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecalibre
- 2
masculinecalipers
- 3
masculinejig, gauge (tool)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of calibrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Diámetro interno de los tubos, las cañerías, los cañones y de otros agujeros circulares presentes en los objetos huecos. 2. Diámetro de un proyectil. 3. Importancia, clase, valía o rango. 4. Instrumento usado para medir dimensiones pequeñas y de forma muy precisa. Cuenta con dos mordazas y un nonio para la lectura con una escala inferior al milímetro.
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 calibre
- calibres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to calibre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calibre in Spanish?
calibre appears 7.8 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).