metal
Spanish, noun/meˈtal/
metal is spelled M-E-T-A-L (5 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,980th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Metal is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “metal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cuerpo simple, sólido a la temperatura ordinaria, a excepción del mercurio, conductor del calor y de la…”.
What does metal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemetal
- 2
masculinemetal
- 3
masculinemetal
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cuerpo simple, sólido a la temperatura ordinaria, a excepción del mercurio, conductor del calor y de la electricidad, y que se distingue de los demás sólidos por su brillo especial. 2. Azófar o latón. 3. Timbre de la voz. 4. Calidad o condición de algo.
noun: 1. Metical₁.
noun: 1. Género derivado del rock y caracterizado por el uso de: ritmos potentes logrados mediante la utilización de guitarras distorsionadas, baterías con doble bombo o doble pedal, y bajos pronunciados, solos de guitarra largos y volumen muy intenso.
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 metal
- metales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce metal?
- /meˈtal/
- [meˈt̪al]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to metal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is metal in Spanish?
metal appears 28 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).