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colonial

Spanish, adjective/koloˈnjal/

colonial is spelled C-O-L-O-N-I-A-L (8 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,864th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colonial is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “colonial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que pertenece o concierne a la colonia”.

What does colonial mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinecolonial

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que pertenece o concierne a la colonia. 2. Referido a muebles, de estilo sencillo, en madera o mimbre. 3. Referido a un producto o comestible, traído de ultramar o empacado para conservarse como si lo fuera.

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 colonial

  • coloniales feminine masculine plural

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

How do you pronounce colonial?

  • /koloˈnjal/
  • [ko.loˈnjal]
  • [koloˈnjal]

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

English words that translate to colonial

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

How common is colonial in Spanish?

colonial appears 16 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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