crimen
Spanish, noun/ˈkɾimen/
crimen is spelled C-R-I-M-E-N (6 letters) and appears 48 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,814th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crimen is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “crime” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o negligencia que agravia el bienestar público o la moral o los intereses del estado y que esta…”.
What does crimen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecrime
- 2
masculineviolent crime
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o negligencia que agravia el bienestar público o la moral o los intereses del estado y que esta legalmente prohibido. 2. Ofensa o acción indebida o reprobable. 3. La actividad criminal o de la delincuencia. 4. Acción contraria a la ley, que conlleva sanción y es más grave que un delito.
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 crimen
- crímenes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce crimen?
- /ˈkɾimen/
- [ˈkɾi.mẽn]
- [ˈkɾimẽn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to crimen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crimen in Spanish?
crimen appears 48 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).