chilensis
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃiˈlensis/
chilensis is spelled C-H-I-L-E-N-S-I-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 57,592nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chilensis is a Spanish noun meaning “Chilean Spanish; any of several varieties of the Spanish language spoken in most of Chile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does chilensis mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Chilean
noun
- 1
informalChilean Spanish; any of several varieties of the Spanish language spoken in most of Chile.
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 Chile.
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.
How do you pronounce chilensis?
- /t͡ʃiˈlensis/
- [t͡ʃiˈlẽn.sis]
- [t͡ʃiˈlẽnsis]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chilensis in Spanish?
chilensis appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).