oropel
Spanish, noun/oɾoˈpel/
oropel is spelled O-R-O-P-E-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 93,848th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oropel is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tinsel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lámina metálica, por lo general de latón o cobre, con acabados finos, en muchas ocasiones dorados o plateados”.
What does oropel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetinsel
- 2
masculinetrinket
- 3
masculinefaff
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lámina metálica, por lo general de latón o cobre, con acabados finos, en muchas ocasiones dorados o plateados. 2. Objeto que, pese a tener una deslumbrante apariencia, no tiene un valor económico significativo. 3. Tableta de bronce con apariencia fina que tiene un valor insignificante. 4. (Erythrina poeppigiana) Árbol caducifolio de la familia Fabaceae nativo la zona intertropical de Centroamérica, Sudamérica y Antillas Mayores. Es usado por su valor ornamental debido a su amplia floración y para dar sombra a otros cultivos.
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 oropel
- oropeles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oropel?
- /oɾoˈpel/
- [o.ɾoˈpel]
- [oɾoˈpel]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oropel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oropel in Spanish?
oropel appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).