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nabla

Spanish, noun/ˈnabla/

nabla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “nabla (A Hebrew stringed instrument.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento semejante a la lira, pero de marco rectangular y diez cuerdas de alambre”.

What does nabla mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininenabla (A Hebrew stringed instrument.)

  2. 2

    femininenabla (the symbol ∇)

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Instrumento semejante a la lira, pero de marco rectangular y diez cuerdas de alambre. 2. Símbolo a forma de la letra griega delta (∇), pero invertida, que simboliza operadores vectoriales como gradiente, divergencia y rotor.

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 nabla

  • nablas plural

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

How do you pronounce nabla?

  • /ˈnabla/
  • [ˈna.β̞la]
  • [ˈnaβ̞la]

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

English words that translate to nabla

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

How common is nabla in Spanish?

nabla appears about once in every 45 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).