dial
Spanish, noun/ˈdjal/
dial is spelled D-I-A-L (4 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 27,124th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dial is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “dial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Superficie circular graduada por donde se mueve una aguja e indica el valor de una determinada magnitud a…”.
What does dial mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedial
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinebelonging or relating to a day
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 al día.
noun: 1. Superficie circular graduada por donde se mueve una aguja e indica el valor de una determinada magnitud a medir. 2. Disco girable con determinados agujeros y marcas, que permitía marcar los dígitos cuando se quería llamar por teléfono fijo. 3. Perilla de la radio que permite sintonizar una determinada emisora. 4. Conjunto de emisoras de radio propias de una determinada región.
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 dial
- diales plural
- dials plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dial?
- /ˈdjal/
- [ˈd̪jal]
- /ˈdaial/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dial in Spanish?
dial appears 1.5 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).