clan
Spanish, noun/ˈklan/
clan is spelled C-L-A-N (4 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,966th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clan is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “clan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Grupo de personas con un vínculo de sangre o parentesco, que establece derechos y obligaciones entre sí”.
What does clan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineclan
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grupo de personas con un vínculo de sangre o parentesco, que establece derechos y obligaciones entre sí. 2. Grupo de personas con un vínculo profundo, como puede ser un credo religioso, juramento, pacto o acuerdo, que establece derechos y obligaciones entre sí.
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 clan
- clanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clan?
- /ˈklan/
- [ˈklãn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to clan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clan in Spanish?
clan appears 8.7 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).