fraile
Spanish, noun/ˈfɾaile/
fraile is spelled F-R-A-I-L-E (6 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,279th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fraile is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “friar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Clérigo mendicante”.
What does fraile mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefriar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Clérigo mendicante. 2. Doblez en forma de capucha que queda en la costura inferior de algunas túnicas o vestidos similares. 3. Calado triangular en la ventilación de una chimenea para ayudar a la salida del humo. 4. Blanco en un texto impreso ocasionado por estar doblado o tapado el papel al colocarlo en el molde.
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 fraile
- frailes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fraile?
- /ˈfɾaile/
- [ˈfɾai̯.le]
- [ˈfɾajle]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fraile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fraile in Spanish?
fraile appears 2.3 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).