sutil
Spanish, adjective/suˈtil/
sutil is spelled S-U-T-I-L (5 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,416th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sutil is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “subtle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Muy fino o delgado”.
What does sutil mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinesubtle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Muy fino o delgado. 2. Poco perceptible. 3. Ocurrente e ingenioso: humor sutil. 4. Ligero.
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 sutil
- sutiles feminine masculine plural
- sotil alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sutil?
- /suˈtil/
- [suˈt̪il]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sutil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sutil in Spanish?
sutil appears 6.9 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).