franela
Spanish, noun/fɾaˈnela/
franela is spelled F-R-A-N-E-L-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 39,622nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Franela is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “flannel (a soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tejido fino de lana o algodón, muy empleado para las sábanas”.
What does franela mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineflannel (a soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers)
- 2
feminineT-shirt
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tejido fino de lana o algodón, muy empleado para las sábanas. 2. Trozo de este tejido. 3. Camiseta. 4. Trapo con el que se lustran los muebles.
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 franela
- franelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce franela?
- /fɾaˈnela/
- [fɾaˈne.la]
- [fɾaˈnela]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to franela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is franela in Spanish?
franela appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).