potable
Spanish, adjective/poˈtable/
potable is spelled P-O-T-A-B-L-E (7 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,270th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Potable is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “potable, drinkable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Apto para beber sin riesgo para la salud”.
What does potable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepotable, drinkable
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Apto para beber sin riesgo para la salud 2. Por extensión, apto o aceptable para una tarea o función
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 potable
- potables feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce potable?
- /poˈtable/
- [poˈt̪a.β̞le]
- [poˈt̪aβ̞le]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to potable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is potable in Spanish?
potable appears 9.8 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).