venial
Spanish, adjective/beˈnjal/
venial is spelled V-E-N-I-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish, the 162,009th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Venial is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “venial, petty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que se opone levemente a la ley o precepto, y por eso es de fácil remisión o perdón”.
What does venial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinevenial, petty
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que se opone levemente a la ley o precepto, y por eso es de fácil remisión o perdón.
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 venial
- veniales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce venial?
- /beˈnjal/
- [beˈnjal]
- [beniˈal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to venial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is venial in Spanish?
venial appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).