gente
Spanish, noun/ˈxente/
gente is spelled G-E-N-T-E (5 letters) and appears 794 times per million words in written Spanish, the 92nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gente is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conjunto de personas”.
What does gente mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepeople
La gente suele encontrar algunas cosas muy motivadoras, y otras no.
- 2
feminineguys, lads (used to address a group of people)
Qué onda gente?
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conjunto de personas. 2. Pueblo. 3. Grupo de personas con respecto a su líder. 4. Grupo de personas que habitan un mismo lugar.
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 gente
- gentes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gente?
- /ˈxente/
- [ˈxẽn̪.t̪e]
- [ˈxẽn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gente in Spanish?
gente appears 794 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).