ojal
Spanish, noun/oˈxal/
ojal is spelled O-J-A-L (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 59,847th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ojal is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “buttonhole, eyelet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Orificio en una tela por donde pasa un botón”.
What does ojal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebuttonhole, eyelet
- 2
masculineloop
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Orificio en una tela por donde pasa un botón.
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 ojal
- ojales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ojal?
- /oˈxal/
- [oˈxal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ojal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ojal in Spanish?
ojal 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).