coronel
Spanish, noun/koɾoˈnel/
coronel is spelled C-O-R-O-N-E-L (7 letters) and appears 39 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,209th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coronel is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “colonel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Rango militar más alto de los oficiales superiores de los ejércitos. Generalmente es el inmediato superior al…”.
What does coronel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecolonel
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rango militar más alto de los oficiales superiores de los ejércitos. Generalmente es el inmediato superior al de Teniente Coronel e inmediatamente inferior al de General de brigada.
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 coronel
- coroneles plural
- coronela feminine
- coronelas feminine plural
- cnel. alternative abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coronel?
- /koɾoˈnel/
- [ko.ɾoˈnel]
- [koɾoˈnel]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to coronel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is coronel in Spanish?
coronel appears 39 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).