feral
Spanish, adjective/feˈɾal/
feral is spelled F-E-R-A-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 90,681st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Feral is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “feral” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Feroz”.
What does feral mean in English?
adjective
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Feroz. 2. Cruel, sangriento (según RAE). 3. Se dice de una planta o animal que pasa a un estado salvaje después de haber sido domesticado. 4. Dicho de un niño, abandonado y que ha sido amamantado y socializado por animales.
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 feral
- ferales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce feral?
- /feˈɾal/
- [feˈɾal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is feral in Spanish?
feral appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).