pal
Spanish, noun[ˈpal]
pal is spelled P-A-L (3 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,590th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pal is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “large pawl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Variante de palo (pieza rectangular que desciende desde el jefe a la punta del escudo)”.
What does pal mean in English?
contraction
- 1
colloquialcontraction of para (“for”) + el (“the”)
noun
- 1
masculinelarge pawl
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de palo (pieza rectangular que desciende desde el jefe a la punta del escudo). 2. Linguete de gran tamaño, sobre todo el del cabrestante.
contraction: 1. Contracción de la preposición para y el artículo el
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 pal
- pales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pal?
- [ˈpal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pal in Spanish?
pal appears 6.8 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).