jalea
Spanish, noun
jalea is spelled J-A-L-E-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 36,968th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jalea is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “jelly, gelatine (substance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of jalear. With an accent, jaleá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of jalear”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Jugo de fruta hervido con azúcar hasta que adquiere una consistencia firme y transparente”.
What does jalea mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininejelly, gelatine (substance)
- 2
femininejelly, jello (dessert)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of jalear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jugo de fruta hervido con azúcar hasta que adquiere una consistencia firme y transparente. 2. Líquido viscoso, gelatinoso, empleado para diferentes fines, entre ellos la medicina.
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 jalea
- jaleas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to jalea
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jalea in Spanish?
jalea 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).