paralenguaje
Spanish, noun[paɾalẽŋˈgwaxe]
paralenguaje is spelled P-A-R-A-L-E-N-G-U-A-J-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written Spanish, the 324,638th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paralenguaje is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “paralanguage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sistema de los elementos vocales de lenguaje como el tono de la voz, el tempo”.
What does paralenguaje mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineparalanguage
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sistema de los elementos vocales de lenguaje como el tono de la voz, el tempo. 2. Sistema de los elementos vocales no vocales de lenguaje como el tono de la voz, el tempo, gestos, posturas expresiones no lingüisticas que apoyen comunicación lingüistica.
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 paralenguaje
- paralenguajes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paralenguaje?
- [paɾalẽŋˈgwaxe]
- [paɾalẽŋguˈaxe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is paralenguaje in Spanish?
paralenguaje appears about once in every 89 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).