flan
Spanish, noun/ˈflan/
flan is spelled F-L-A-N (4 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 26,728th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flan is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “flan, sweet pudding” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Postre preparado con yemas de huevo, leche y azúcar, aromatizado con vainilla o algún otro producto, y…”.
What does flan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineflan, sweet pudding
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Postre preparado con yemas de huevo, leche y azúcar, aromatizado con vainilla o algún otro producto, y cocinado al baño maría con caramelo en la capa inferior.
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 flan
- flanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flan?
- /ˈflan/
- [ˈflãn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to flan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flan in Spanish?
flan appears 1.5 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).