dale
Spanish, interjection/ˈdale/
dale is spelled D-A-L-E (4 letters) and appears 40 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,161st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dale is a Spanish interjection meaning “OK, okey dokey, right” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a second-person singular imperative combined with le of dar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Se emplea para mostrar aceptación”.
What does dale mean in English?
interjection
- 1
OK, okey dokey, right
- 2
Latin-Americado it, get it, "give it", go ahead, go for it, go on, hit it
verb
- 1
second-person singular imperative combined with le
- 2
second-person singular voseo imperative combined with le
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Se emplea para mostrar aceptación. 2. Se emplea para presionar o apurar a alguien para que haga algo. 3. Se emplea para mostrar que no se está de acuerdo con lo que el interlocutor ha dicho o para hacerlo actuar de modo diferente.
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.
How do you pronounce dale?
- /ˈdale/
- [ˈd̪a.le]
- [ˈd̪ale]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dale
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dale in Spanish?
dale appears 40 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).