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cruceño

Spanish, noun/kɾuˈθeɲo/

cruceño is spelled C-R-U-C-E-Ñ-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 102,764th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cruceño is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “native or inhabitant of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (usually male)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does cruceño mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    of, from or relating to Santa Cruz de la Sierra

noun

  1. 1

    masculinenative or inhabitant of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (usually male)

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 cualquier lugar cuyo nombre termine en Cruz o Cruces. 2. Originario, relativo a, o propio de la provincia de Santa Cruz, de la Argentina.

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 cruceño

  • cruceña feminine
  • cruceños masculine plural
  • cruceñas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce cruceño?

  • /kɾuˈθeɲo/
  • [kɾuˈθe.ɲo]
  • /kɾuˈseɲo/

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

How common is cruceño in Spanish?

cruceño appears about once in every 7 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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