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móvil

Spanish, noun/ˈmobil/

móvil is spelled M-Ó-V-I-L (5 letters) and appears 48 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,814th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Móvil is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cellular, cell phone (US), mobile phone (UK, Australia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cuerpo que se mueve”.

What does móvil mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinemobile

noun

  1. 1

    Spainmasculinecellular, cell phone (US), mobile phone (UK, Australia)

  2. 2

    masculinesculpture, decorative arrangement or toy for small babies made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other (Wikipedia)

  3. 3

    masculinemotive

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que puede moverse o ser movido. 2. Por extensión, que se mueve con facilidad y no permanece estable. 3. Dicho de un sello o timbre, que no está impreso sobre el folio al que corresponde, sino que se pega a este. 4. Dicho de un tipo, no integrado a una máquina de composición.

noun: 1. Cuerpo que se mueve. 2. Causa que impulsa a alguno a tomar una acción. 3. Objeto escultórico decorativo, formado por piezas articuladas que se mueven.armoniosamente y con facilidad. 4. Terminal de teléfono portátil que puede conectarse a la red de comunicaciones sin necesidad de cables.

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 móvil

  • móviles feminine masculine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce móvil?

  • /ˈmobil/
  • [ˈmo.β̞il]
  • [ˈmoβ̞il]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to móvil

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is móvil in Spanish?

móvil appears 48 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).

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