espadín
Spanish, noun/espaˈdin/
espadín is spelled E-S-P-A-D-Í-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish, the 165,375th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espadín is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “sprat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Espada de hoja muy fina y ligera, destinada a un uso decorativo”.
What does espadín mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesprat
- 2
masculinesmallsword
- 3
masculinean agave, Agave vivipara
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espada de hoja muy fina y ligera, destinada a un uso decorativo. 2. Pequeño pez comestible (Sprattus sprattus), de la misma familia que los arenques.
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 espadín
- espadines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espadín?
- /espaˈdin/
- [es.paˈð̞ĩn]
- [espaˈð̞ĩn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to espadín
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espadín in Spanish?
espadín appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).