capellán
Spanish, noun/kapeˈʝan/
capellán is spelled C-A-P-E-L-L-Á-N (8 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 23,682nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capellán is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “chaplain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Eclesiástico que obtiene alguna capellanía”.
What does capellán mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechaplain
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eclesiástico que obtiene alguna capellanía. 2. Cualquiera eclesiástico, aunque no tenga capellanía. 3. Sacerdote que dice misa en la capilla o en un oratorio privado, y vive, por lo común, como doméstico dentro de la casa con cierto estipendio.
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 capellán
- capellanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce capellán?
- /kapeˈʝan/
- [ka.peˈʝãn]
- [kapeˈʝãn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to capellán
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is capellán in Spanish?
capellán appears 1.9 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).