ópalo
Spanish, noun/ˈopalo/
ópalo is spelled Ó-P-A-L-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 85,557th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ópalo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “opal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mineraloide de estructura amorfa, compuesto mayormente de sílice organizada en diminutas lepisferas…”.
What does ópalo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineopal
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mineraloide de estructura amorfa, compuesto mayormente de sílice organizada en diminutas lepisferas empaquetadas en un enrejado tridimensional, que lo dotan de una característica capacidad de difracción. Es apreciado en joyería
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 ópalo
- ópalos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ópalo?
- /ˈopalo/
- [ˈo.pa.lo]
- [ˈopalo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ópalo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ópalo in Spanish?
ópalo appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).