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vil

Spanish, adjective/ˈbil/

vil is spelled V-I-L (3 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,075th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vil is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “mean, despicable, vile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “De poco valor”.

What does vil mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinemean, despicable, vile

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. De poco valor. 2. Malo. 3. Carente de honra, indigno. 4. Bajo, despreciable, ruin.

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 vil

  • viles feminine masculine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce vil?

  • /ˈbil/
  • [ˈbil]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to vil

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is vil in Spanish?

vil appears 4.0 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).

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