diesel
Spanish, noun
diesel is spelled D-I-E-S-E-L (6 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,524th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diesel is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “diesel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, diésel is a different word: “diesel fuel”.
What does diesel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediesel
noun
- 1
masculinediesel fuel
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hidrocarburo líquido de densidad sobre 832 kg/m³ (0,832 g/cm³) compuesto fundamentalmente por parafinas y utilizado principalmente como combustible en calefacción y en motores diésel.
adjective: 1. Dicho de un motor a combustión: que tiene combustión interna alternativa que se produce por la autoignición del combustible debido a altas temperaturas derivadas de la compresión del aire en el interior del cilindro. 2. Automóvil con un motor de ese tipo.
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 diesel
- diéseles plural
- dísel alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to diesel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diesel in Spanish?
diesel appears 3.8 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).