verbal
Spanish, noun/beɾˈbal/
verbal is spelled V-E-R-B-A-L (6 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,416th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verbal is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “verbal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does verbal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineverbal (of or relating to words)
- 2
femininemasculineverbal (spoken rather than written)
- 3
femininemasculineverbal (relating to verbs)
noun
- 1
masculineverbal
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que pertenece o concierne a la palabra, o la emplea. 2. Que se lleva a cabo con la voz y no a través de la escritura. 3. Que pertenece o concierne al verbo (tipo de palabra que contiene en sí marcas gramaticales de persona, número, tiempo, modo y aspecto). 4. Referido a una estructura sintáctica: Que tiene un verbo como su núcleo.
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 verbal
- verbales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verbal?
- /beɾˈbal/
- [beɾˈβ̞al]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verbal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verbal in Spanish?
verbal 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).