modales
Spanish, noun/moˈdales/
modales is spelled M-O-D-A-L-E-S (7 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,026th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Modales is a Spanish noun meaning “manners (etiquette)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of modal. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acciones externas de cada persona, con que se hace reparar y se singulariza entre las demás, dando a conocer…”.
What does modales mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmanners (etiquette)
adjective
- 1
datedfemininemasculineplural of modal
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acciones externas de cada persona, con que se hace reparar y se singulariza entre las demás, dando a conocer su buena o mala educación. Antes era sustantivo ambiguo.
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 modales
- f pl same meaning canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce modales?
- /moˈdales/
- [moˈð̞a.les]
- [moˈð̞ales]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to modales
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is modales in Spanish?
modales appears 3.6 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).