caníbal
Spanish, noun/kaˈnibal/
caníbal is spelled C-A-N-Í-B-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 43,425th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caníbal is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “cannibal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does caníbal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecannibalistic
noun
- 1
femininemasculinecannibal
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dicho de una persona, que come carne humana. 2. Se dice de los habitantes de las tribus de las Antillas, de quienes se creía que comían carne humana. 3. Referido a una persona: feroz y sanguinaria. 4. Referido a un animal: que come carne de miembros de su propia especie.
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 caníbal
- caníbales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caníbal?
- /kaˈnibal/
- [kaˈni.β̞al]
- [kaˈniβ̞al]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caníbal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caníbal in Spanish?
caníbal appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).