pincel
Spanish, noun/pinˈθel/
pincel is spelled P-I-N-C-E-L (6 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,282nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pincel is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “paintbrush (usually thinner than a brocha)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento que dispone de un mango largo y delgado que, en uno de sus extremos, presenta un manojo de…”.
What does pincel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepaintbrush (usually thinner than a brocha)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento que dispone de un mango largo y delgado que, en uno de sus extremos, presenta un manojo de cerdas, pelos u otros filamentos. El pincel puede utilizarse para dibujar o pintar: lo que se hace es remojar las cerdas en pintura u otra sustancia similar y después deslizarlas sobre la superficie que se pretende pintar. 2. Modo de pintar. 3. Palo largo y delgado, con una escobilla, con que se da alquitrán a los costados y palos de la nave.
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 pincel
- pinceles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pincel?
- /pinˈθel/
- [pĩn̟ˈθel]
- /pinˈsel/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pincel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pincel in Spanish?
pincel appears 2.0 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).