ex
Spanish, noun/ˈeɡs/
ex is spelled E-X (2 letters) and appears 117 times per million words in written Spanish, the 737th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ex is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “ex (ex-husband, ex-wife or ex-partner)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona con la que se mantenía una relación sentimental ya finalizada”.
What does ex mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininemasculineex (ex-husband, ex-wife or ex-partner)
adjective
- 1
former, ex- (referring to a condition that has ended)
prefix
- 1
ex- (former)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que ya ha finalizado el estado al que hace referencia.
noun: 1. Persona con la que se mantenía una relación sentimental ya finalizada.
prefix: 1. Significa "fuera, más allá, privación o anterior estado" de lo indicado por la base.
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.
How do you pronounce ex?
- /ˈeɡs/
- [ˈeɣ̞s]
- [ˈeks]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ex
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ex in Spanish?
ex appears 117 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).