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napalm

Spanish, noun/naˈpalm/

napalm is spelled N-A-P-A-L-M (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 40,167th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Napalm is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “napalm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mezcla combustible, de combustión más duradera que los combustibles ordinarios, usada por los ejércitos”.

What does napalm mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Mezcla combustible, de combustión más duradera que los combustibles ordinarios, usada por los ejércitos.

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.

How do you pronounce napalm?

  • /naˈpalm/
  • [naˈpalm]

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

English words that translate to napalm

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

How common is napalm in Spanish?

napalm appears about once in every 1 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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