vate
Spanish, noun/ˈbate/
vate is spelled V-A-T-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 118,609th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vate is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “prophetic poet, vates” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Autor de composiciones poéticas”.
What does vate mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineprophetic poet, vates
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Autor de composiciones poéticas. 2. Individuo que predice el futuro.
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 vate
- vates plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vate?
- /ˈbate/
- [ˈba.t̪e]
- [ˈbat̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vate
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vate in Spanish?
vate appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).