quinceañera
/ˌkɪnseɪ.ənˈjɛɹə/noun
quinceañera is spelled Q-U-I-N-C-E-A-Ñ-E-R-A: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, quinceañera means “The fifteenth birthday and particularly the celebration and ceremony surrounding it for a young Latina woman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of quinceañera is quinceañeras or quinceaneras.
How many letters and syllables are in quinceañera?
| Letters | 11: Q-U-I-N-C-E-A-Ñ-E-R-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 91,522nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is quinceañera?
Quinceañera appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce quinceañera?
- US /ˌkɪnseɪ.ənˈjɛɹə/
- US /ˌkɪnsənˈjɛɹə/
- US /ˌkɪnsəˈnɛɹə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Knabrupt-quinceañera.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with quinceañera?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as quinceañera from its last stressed vowel (/ɛɹə/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of quinceañera
- quinceañeras plural
- quinceanera
- quince
- quinceaneras plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does quinceañera mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USThe fifteenth birthday and particularly the celebration and ceremony surrounding it for a young Latina woman.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of quinceañera.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate quinceañera?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of quinceañera: quince.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Quinceañera in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fifteenth birthday celebration for a young woman:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fête des quinze ans, quinceañera |
| German | Quinceañera, Quinceanera |
| Portuguese | festa de debutante, festa de quinze anos |
| Spanish | quinceañera, fiesta de quince años, fiesta de quince, quinceaños |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does quinceañera come from?
Borrowed from Spanish quinceañera (literally “fifteen-year-old”), feminine of quinceañero, from quince años (“fifteen years”) + -ero.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).