planeador
Spanish, noun[planeaˈð̞oɾ]
planeador is spelled P-L-A-N-E-A-D-O-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 67,533rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Planeador is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “glider, sailplane (any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aerodino (una aeronave más pesada que el aire), de notable superficie alar, carente de motor (no motorizado).…”.
What does planeador mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineglider, sailplane (any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight)
noun
- 1
masculineglider (anything which glides)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aerodino (una aeronave más pesada que el aire), de notable superficie alar, carente de motor (no motorizado). Sus fuerzas de sustentación y traslación provienen únicamente de la resultante general aerodinámica, al igual que las de los demás planeadores como parapentes y alas delta.
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 planeador
- planeadores plural
- planeadora feminine
- planeadoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce planeador?
- [planeaˈð̞oɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to planeador
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is planeador in Spanish?
planeador appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).