rival
Spanish, noun/riˈbal/
rival is spelled R-I-V-A-L (5 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,491st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rival is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “rival” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does rival mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinerival
- 2
femininemasculineadverse
noun
- 1
femininemasculinerival
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que compite o lucha con otro con el fin de superarlo o de obtener lo mismo. 2. Con habilidades comparables (a las de un igual).
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 rival
- rivales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rival?
- /riˈbal/
- [riˈβ̞al]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rival
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rival in Spanish?
rival appears 17 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).