legal
Spanish, adjective/leˈɡal/
legal is spelled L-E-G-A-L (5 letters) and appears 79 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,113th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Legal is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “legal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Propio de o relacionado con la ley”.
What does legal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinelegal
- 2
femininemasculinestatutory
- 3
femininemasculinelawful
- 4
colloquialfemininemasculinelegit
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Propio de o relacionado con la ley. 2. Que está permitido por la ley.
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 legal
- legales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce legal?
- /leˈɡal/
- [leˈɣ̞al]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to legal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is legal in Spanish?
legal appears 79 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).