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habilidad

Spanish, noun/abiliˈdad/

habilidad is spelled H-A-B-I-L-I-D-A-D (9 letters) and appears 24 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,394th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Habilidad is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “ability, skill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Capacidad, inteligencia, efectividad y disposición para hacer algo”.

What does habilidad mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineability, skill

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Capacidad, inteligencia, efectividad y disposición para hacer algo. 2. Gracia y destreza en ejecutar una cosa, especialmente aquella que sirve de adorno al sujeto; como bailar, montar a caballo, etc. 3. Cada una de las cosas que una persona ejecuta con eficacia, gracia y destreza. 4. Título que algunos reyes de Francia de la Dinastía Merovingia otorgaban a ciertos oficiales.

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 habilidad

  • habilidades plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce habilidad?

  • /abiliˈdad/
  • [a.β̞i.liˈð̞að̞]
  • [aβ̞iliˈð̞að̞]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to habilidad

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is habilidad in Spanish?

habilidad appears 24 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).

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