naif
Spanish, adjective
naif is spelled N-A-I-F (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 70,049th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Naif is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “naive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, naíf is a different word: “naive”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Carente de duplicidad y sofisticación, de tal manera que expresa sin retaceos su sentimiento y supone lo…”.
What does naif mean in English?
adjective
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Carente de duplicidad y sofisticación, de tal manera que expresa sin retaceos su sentimiento y supone lo mismo de los demás. 2. De estilo deliberadamente simple e ingenuo.
adjective: 1. Carente de duplicidad y sofisticación, de tal manera que expresa sin retaceos su sentimiento y supone lo mismo de los demás. 2. De estilo deliberadamente simple e ingenuo.
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 naif
- naifs feminine masculine plural
- naíf alternative
- naífes feminine masculine plural
- naif alternative
- naífs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to naif
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is naif in Spanish?
naif appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).