petrel
Spanish, noun/peˈtɾel/
petrel is spelled P-E-T-R-E-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 119,889th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Petrel is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “petrel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ave del orden de las palmípedas, muy voladora, del tamaño de una alondra, común en todos los mares, donde se…”.
What does petrel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepetrel
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ave del orden de las palmípedas, muy voladora, del tamaño de una alondra, común en todos los mares, donde se la ve a enormes distancias de la tierra, nadando en las crestas de las olas, para coger los huevos de peces, moluscos y crustáceos, con que se alimenta. Es de plumaje pardo negruzco, con el arranque de la cola blanco, y vive en bandadas, que anidan entre las rocas de las costas desiertas.
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 petrel
- petreles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce petrel?
- /peˈtɾel/
- [peˈt̪ɾel]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to petrel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is petrel in Spanish?
petrel appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).