ascendiente
Spanish, noun/asθenˈdjente/
ascendiente is spelled A-S-C-E-N-D-I-E-N-T-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 63,642nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ascendiente is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “ascendancy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona o animal que está una o más generaciones más arriba que su descendiente o sucesor. :*Sinónimos…”.
What does ascendiente mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineascendancy
- 2
femininemasculineinfluence
- 3
femininemasculineancestor; forefather
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona o animal que está una o más generaciones más arriba que su descendiente o sucesor. :*Sinónimos: ancestro, antecesor, antepasado..
noun: 1. Autoridad, influencia moral de una persona sobre otra.
adjective: 1. Que sube o asciende.
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 ascendiente
- ascendientes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ascendiente?
- /asθenˈdjente/
- [as.θẽn̪ˈd̪jẽn̪.t̪e]
- /asenˈdjente/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ascendiente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ascendiente in Spanish?
ascendiente appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).