órale
Spanish, interjection
órale is spelled Ó-R-A-L-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,742nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Órale is a Spanish interjection meaning “let's go, come on, hurry (used to exhort)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a second-person singular imperative of orar combined with le. Without its accent, orale is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of orar combined with le”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Indica acuerdo o aceptación”.
What does órale mean in English?
interjection
- 1
Mexicolet's go, come on, hurry (used to exhort)
- 2
Mexicooh my God, wow, whoa (indicates amazement, astonishment, excitement, surprise, shock, fear)
- 3
Mexicoyes, okay, alright (indicates approbation)
verb
- 1
second-person singular imperative of orar combined with le
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of orar combined with le
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Indica acuerdo o aceptación. 2. Sirve como invitación o imperativoón a hacer algo. 3. Expresa sorpresa, asombro o una fuerte reacción a algo.
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.
English words that translate to órale
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is órale in Spanish?
órale appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).