donaire
Spanish, noun/doˈnaiɾe/
donaire is spelled D-O-N-A-I-R-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 81,768th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Donaire is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “gracefulness, elegance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Capacidad de expresarse con elegancia e ingenio y de las obras con estas cualidades”.
What does donaire mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegracefulness, elegance
- 2
masculinea joke or playful comment
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Capacidad de expresarse con elegancia e ingenio y de las obras con estas cualidades. 2. Chiste o dicho ingenioso y agudo. 3. Gentileza y disposición airosa del cuerpo para andar, bailar, etc.
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 donaire
- donaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce donaire?
- /doˈnaiɾe/
- [d̪oˈnai̯.ɾe]
- [d̪oˈnajɾe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to donaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is donaire in Spanish?
donaire appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).