material
Spanish, noun/mateˈɾjal/
material is spelled M-A-T-E-R-I-A-L (8 letters) and appears 81 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,084th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Material is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “material” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Materia de origen natural o artificial que puede ser manipulada o procesada para fabricar algo”.
What does material mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinematerial
noun
- 1
masculinematerial
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relacionado con la materia. 2. Opuesto a lo espiritual.
noun: 1. Materia de origen natural o artificial que puede ser manipulada o procesada para fabricar algo. 2. Documentos, u otras fuentes de información que pueden ser utilizados para la creación de una obra intelectual o artística. 3. Conjunto de objetos necesarios para la ejecución de una tarea, función o servicio.
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 material
- materiales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce material?
- /mateˈɾjal/
- [ma.t̪eˈɾjal]
- [mat̪eˈɾjal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to material
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is material in Spanish?
material appears 81 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).