lápiz
Spanish, noun/ˈlapiθ/
lápiz is spelled L-Á-P-I-Z (5 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,778th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lápiz is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pencil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento que se utiliza para escribir y dibujar constituído por una barra de grafito contenida en un…”.
What does lápiz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepencil
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento que se utiliza para escribir y dibujar constituído por una barra de grafito contenida en un cilindro de madera que actúa de protección. 2. Por extensión, instrumentos semejantes al anterior que usan tinta u otros materiales para cumplir la misma función.
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 lápiz
- lápices plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lápiz?
- /ˈlapiθ/
- [ˈla.piθ]
- /ˈlapis/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lápiz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lápiz in Spanish?
lápiz appears 6.6 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).