fábula
Spanish, noun
fábula is spelled F-Á-B-U-L-A (6 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 24,044th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fábula is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “fable, myth, tale” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, fabula is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative”. With an accent, fabulá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of fabular”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Rumor, hablilla”.
What does fábula mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefable, myth, tale
- 2
femininerumor
- 3
feminineanimated cartoon
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of fabular
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rumor, hablilla. 2. Relación falsa, mentirosa, de pura invención, destituída de todo fundamento. 3. Ficción artificiosa con que se encubre o disimula una verdad. 4. Obra en que se narra un suceso o se representa una acción inventados para deleitar.
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 fábula
- fábulas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to fábula
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fábula in Spanish?
fábula appears 1.8 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).