límite
Spanish, noun
límite is spelled L-Í-M-I-T-E (6 letters) and appears 38 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,249th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Límite is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “limit, threshold, cutoff, cut-off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, limite is a different word: “limitation; limit”. With an accent, limité is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of limitar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Línea real o teórica que separa dos porciones del espacio”.
What does límite mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelimit, threshold, cutoff, cut-off
noun
- 1
masculinelimitation; limit
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of limitar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Línea real o teórica que separa dos porciones del espacio. 2. Marca que indica los bordes de una extensión. 3. Momento en el que expira un período de tiempo. 4. Conjunto de situaciones que marcan la aplicabilidad de un concepto abstracto.
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 límite
- límites plural
- limites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to límite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is límite in Spanish?
límite appears 38 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).