sílaba
Spanish, noun
sílaba is spelled S-Í-L-A-B-A (6 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 27,508th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sílaba is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “syllable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, silaba is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative”. With an accent, silabá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of silabar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Unidad fonológica que consta de uno o más sonidos pronunciados con un solo golpe de voz (o espiración) y…”.
What does sílaba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesyllable
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of silabar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unidad fonológica que consta de uno o más sonidos pronunciados con un solo golpe de voz (o espiración) y agrupados alrededor del más sonoro, que comúnmente es una vocal.
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 sílaba
- sílabas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to sílaba
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sílaba in Spanish?
sílaba appears 1.5 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).