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pelín

Spanish, noun/peˈlin/

pelín is spelled P-E-L-Í-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 42,307th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pelín is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “bit, tiny, very small (to a small extent; in a small amount) (usually with "un (“a”)")” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cantidad infinitesimal de algo”.

What does pelín mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebit, tiny, very small (to a small extent; in a small amount) (usually with "un (“a”)")

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Cantidad infinitesimal de 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.

How do you pronounce pelín?

  • /peˈlin/
  • [peˈlĩn]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to pelín

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is pelín in Spanish?

pelín appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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