vocal
Spanish, noun/boˈkal/
vocal is spelled V-O-C-A-L (5 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,258th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vocal is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “vowel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Fonema que se articula dejando libre de obstrucciones el tracto vocal”.
What does vocal mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevowel
noun
- 1
femininemasculinevoter, member with vote rights
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineby means of the voice
- 2
femininemasculinerelated to the voice
- 3
femininemasculineusing the voice
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Propio de, o relativo a, la voz.
noun: 1. Fonema que se articula dejando libre de obstrucciones el tracto vocal. 2. Signo gráfico que representa un fonema de este tipo.
noun: 1. Miembro de un grupo con derecho a voto.
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 vocal
- vocales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vocal?
- /boˈkal/
- [boˈkal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vocal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vocal in Spanish?
vocal appears 7.1 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).