en
Spanish, preposition/en/
en is spelled E-N (2 letters) and appears 28,184 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). En is a Spanish preposition meaning “in, at, on” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Con respecto a un entorno temporal, cronológico o conceptual, circunstancia bajo la cual algo se realiza”.
What does en mean in English?
preposition
- 1
in, at, on
en un bus
- 2
in (a time)
en la antigüedad
- 3
in (a language)
hablar en español
- 4
used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English
Pienso en ti.
- 5
in (in various expressions)
en el sentido
prefix
- 1
en- (all meanings)
suffix
- 1
third-person plural present subjunctive
- 2
third-person plural imperative
- 3
third-person plural present indicative of -er
- 4
third-person plural present indicative of -ir
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
preposition: 1. Con respecto a un entorno temporal, cronológico o conceptual, circunstancia bajo la cual algo se realiza. 2. Con algunos verbos de movimiento, término del mismo, especialmente cuando comporta el ingreso a un espacio bien delimitado. 3. Indica el lugar donde ocurre el hecho o acción. 4. Indica que está sobre la superficie superior de algo.
prefix: 1. Forma verbos, adjetivos y algunos sustantivos con el significado de "dentro de", "sobre" o "llegar a ser como" lo indicado por la base derivativa.
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 en
- em- alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce en?
- /en/
- [ẽn]
- /ˈem/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to en
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is en in Spanish?
en appears 28,184 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).