valse
Spanish, noun
valse is spelled V-A-L-S-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 138,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Valse is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “waltz” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of valsar. With an accent, valsé is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of valsar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Variante de vals”.
What does valse mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewaltz
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of valsar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de vals.
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 valse
- valses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is valse in Spanish?
valse appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).