dueño
Spanish, noun/ˈdweɲo/
dueño is spelled D-U-E-Ñ-O (5 letters) and appears 41 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,115th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dueño is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “owner, proprietor, landlord” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que posee o controla algo”.
What does dueño mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineowner, proprietor, landlord
- 2
masculinemaster
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona que posee o controla algo. 2. El señor de la casa con respecto a la servidumbre. 3. Hombre encargado de la educación de un pupilo.
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 dueño
- dueños plural
- dueña feminine
- dueñas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dueño?
- /ˈdweɲo/
- [ˈd̪we.ɲo]
- [ˈd̪weɲo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dueño
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dueño in Spanish?
dueño appears 41 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).