gran
Spanish, adjective/ˈɡɾan/
gran is spelled G-R-A-N (4 letters) and appears 692 times per million words in written Spanish, the 111th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gran is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “apocopic form of grande; great, grand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Apócope de grande”.
What does gran mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineapocopic form of grande; great, grand
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Apócope de grande.
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 gran
- grande standard
- grandes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gran?
- /ˈɡɾan/
- [ˈɡɾãn]
- [ˈgɾãn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gran
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gran in Spanish?
gran appears 692 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).