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Spanish, noun/ˈas/

as is spelled A-S (2 letters) and appears 46 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,901st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “an ace (in a game of cards)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cada una de las cartas marcadas con la unidad en los juegos de naipes”.

What does as mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinean ace (in a game of cards)

  2. 2

    masculinean ace, a hotshot (somebody very proficient at an activity)

  3. 3

    masculinean as (a Roman coin)

suffix

as -as
  1. 1

    suffix indicating the second-person singular present indicative of -ar.

suffix

as -as
  1. 1

    suffix indicating the second-person singular present subjunctive of -er verbs and -ir verbs

suffix

as -ás
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo present indicative of -ar

  2. 2

    second-person singular voseo present subjunctive of -er

  3. 3

    second-person singular voseo present subjunctive of -ir

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Cada una de las cartas marcadas con la unidad en los juegos de naipes. 2. Cara marcada con la unidad en los juegos de dados. 3. Persona con habilidades destacadas en una tarea. 4. Primitiva moneda de la Roma antigua hecha de bronce.

noun: 1. Cada uno de los dioses principales miembros del panteón mitológico nórdico.

noun: 1. Tipo de sándwich similar al completo, pero con carne de vacuno en tiras y asada o frita en lugar de vienesa.

unknown: 1. Plural de -a₁.

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 as

  • ases plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce as?

  • /ˈas/
  • [ˈas]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to as

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is as in Spanish?

as appears 46 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).

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