vital
Spanish, adjective/biˈtal/
vital is spelled V-I-T-A-L (5 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,231st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vital is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “vital” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que es relativo o propio de la vida”.
What does vital mean in English?
adjective
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que es relativo o propio de la vida. 2. Que posee gran importancia. 3. Dicho de una persona, que es enérgica en la realización de acciones
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 vital
- vitales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vital?
- /biˈtal/
- [biˈt̪al]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vital
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vital in Spanish?
vital appears 19 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).