lieve
Spanish, adjective/ˈljebe/
lieve is spelled L-I-E-V-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish, the 180,102nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lieve is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “synonym of leve (“light, slight”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Variante de leve”.
What does lieve mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineobsoletesynonym of leve (“light, slight”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Variante de leve.
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 lieve
- lieves feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lieve?
- /ˈljebe/
- [ˈlje.β̞e]
- [ˈljeβ̞e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lieve
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lieve in Spanish?
lieve appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).