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kawaii

Spanish, adjective

kawaii is spelled K-A-W-A-I-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 58,329th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kawaii is a Spanish adjective meaning “kawaii (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does kawaii mean in English?

adjective

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    kawaii (cute, in the context of Japanese culture)

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

Forms of kawaii

  • caguai alternative pronunciation-spelling

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

English words that translate to kawaii

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

How common is kawaii in Spanish?

kawaii appears about once in every 2 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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