palangre
Spanish, noun[paˈlãŋgɾe]
palangre is spelled P-A-L-A-N-G-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish, the 160,355th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palangre is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “longline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cordel largo y grueso del cual penden a trechos unos ramales con anzuelos en sus extremos y que se cala en…”.
What does palangre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelongline
- 2
masculinea bribe made to a newspaper to publish a biased story
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cordel largo y grueso del cual penden a trechos unos ramales con anzuelos en sus extremos y que se cala en parajes de mucho fondo donde no se puede pescar con redes. 2. Negocio oportunista de donde se obtiene una gran ganancia. 3. Coima que se les ofrece a los periodistas para que publiquen información sesgada con el fin de perjudicar a alguien en particular.
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 palangre
- palangres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palangre?
- [paˈlãŋgɾe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to palangre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is palangre in Spanish?
palangre appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).