rapel
Spanish, noun
rapel is spelled R-A-P-E-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 77,042nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rapel is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “rappel; abseiling (descending by means of a rope)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, rápel is a different word: “alternative form of rapel”.
What does rapel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerappel; abseiling (descending by means of a rope)
noun
- 1
Spainmasculinealternative form of rapel
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sistema de descenso por superficies verticales que se utiliza en lugares donde el descenso de otra forma es complicado o inseguro. 2. Descuento por volumen de compras o fidelización del cliente.
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 rapel
- rápel alternative Spain
- rápeles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rapel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rapel in Spanish?
rapel 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).