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lag

Spanish, noun/ˈlaɡ/

lag is spelled L-A-G (3 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 29,960th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lag is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “lag, lagging (when continuity fails in a video game)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Retardo o demora en los videojuegos, causado generalmente por fallas en la conexión a internet”.

What does lag mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinelag, lagging (when continuity fails in a video game)

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Retardo o demora en los videojuegos, causado generalmente por fallas en la conexión a internet.

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.

How do you pronounce lag?

  • /ˈlaɡ/
  • [ˈlaɣ̞]
  • /ˈlax/

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

How common is lag in Spanish?

lag appears 1.3 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).

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