aborigen
Spanish, noun/aboˈɾixen/
aborigen is spelled A-B-O-R-I-G-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 24,401st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aborigen is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “aborigine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does aborigen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineaboriginal, indigenous, native
noun
- 1
femininemasculineaborigine
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Natural de una región o territorio, en especial si sus ascendientes también lo eran. 2. En particular, nativo de una tierra del Nuevo Mundo, en oposición a los conquistadores europeos.
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 aborigen
- aborígenes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aborigen?
- /aboˈɾixen/
- [a.β̞oˈɾi.xẽn]
- [aβ̞oˈɾixẽn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aborigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aborigen in Spanish?
aborigen appears 1.8 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).