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caudal

Spanish, noun/kauˈdal/

caudal is spelled C-A-U-D-A-L (6 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,091st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caudal is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “flow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cantidad de agua que circula en una cuenca de drenaje o río”.

What does caudal mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineflow

  2. 2

    masculinecapital (money)

  3. 3

    masculinevolume

  4. 4

    masculinefunds

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinecaudal (pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body)

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Caudaloso. 2. Principal.

noun: 1. Cantidad de agua que circula en una cuenca de drenaje o río. 2. Hacienda, bienes de cualquier tipo, y más comúnmente dinero. 3. Copia₂, abundancia de alguna cosa, aunque no sea dinero o hacienda. 4. Capital o fondo.

adjective: 1. Perteneciente o relativo a la cola

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 caudal

  • caudales plural

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

How do you pronounce caudal?

  • /kauˈdal/
  • [kau̯ˈð̞al]
  • [kawˈð̞al]

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

English words that translate to caudal

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

How common is caudal in Spanish?

caudal appears 7.2 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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