quintal
Spanish, noun/kinˈtal/
quintal is spelled Q-U-I-N-T-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 79,842nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quintal is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “quintal (an unofficial metric unit of mass equal to exactly 100 kg)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Peso de cien libras, o cuatro arrobas, equivalente a 46 kilogramos”.
What does quintal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinequintal (an unofficial metric unit of mass equal to exactly 100 kg)
- 2
masculinequintal, Spanish hundredweight (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 100 libras, or about 46 kg)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Peso de cien libras, o cuatro arrobas, equivalente a 46 kilogramos. 2. Pesa de cien libras o cuatro arrobas.
noun: 1. (Tristerix corymbosus) Variante de quintral.
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 quintal
- quintales plural
- qq alternative abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quintal?
- /kinˈtal/
- [kĩn̪ˈt̪al]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quintal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quintal in Spanish?
quintal appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).