americano
Spanish, noun/ameɾiˈkano/
americano is spelled A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N-O (9 letters) and appears 33 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,555th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Americano is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “American (native or inhabitant of the Americas) (usually male)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does americano mean in English?
adjective
- 1
American (of, from or relating to the Americas)
Los pueblos americanos de hoy en día en su mayoría son descendientes de los colonos ibéricos.
- 2
proscribedAmerican, US-American (of, from or relating to the United States)
noun
- 1
masculineAmerican (native or inhabitant of the Americas) (usually male)
- 2
masculineproscribedAmerican, US-American (native or inhabitant of the United States) (usually male)
- 3
masculineraresomeone who became rich in the Americas and returned to his country
- 4
masculineobsoleteperson born and/or raised in Spanish America who immigrated or visited the Spanish Colonial Philippines or Spanish East Indies in general
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Originario, relativo a, o propio de América. 2. Originario, relativo a, o propio de los Estados Unidos de América.
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 americano
- americana feminine
- americanos masculine plural
- americanas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce americano?
- /ameɾiˈkano/
- [a.me.ɾiˈka.no]
- [ameɾiˈkano]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to americano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is americano in Spanish?
americano appears 33 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).