grande
Spanish, noun/ˈɡɾande/
grande is spelled G-R-A-N-D-E (6 letters) and appears 234 times per million words in written Spanish, the 353rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grande is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “grandee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “De dignidad nobiliaria u otra similar que le coloca en la cúspide de una determinada jerarquía”.
What does grande mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinebig, large
- 2
femininemasculinegreat, grand
- 3
femininemasculineaged, old
Mi papá ya es muy grande para hacer eso.
noun
- 1
femininemasculinegrandee
- 2
colloquialfemininemasculineadult, grown-up
Ya todos somos grandes.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Superior en tamaño a un determinado patrón tomado como medida. 2. Por extensión, de superior virtud, importancia o dignidad en algún aspecto al patrón de medida. 3. Dicho de un ser vivo, de edad considerable.
noun: 1. De dignidad nobiliaria u otra similar que le coloca en la cúspide de una determinada jerarquía.
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 grande
- before a noun gran masculine singular
- grandes feminine masculine plural
- grandísimo superlative
- mayor superlative
- gran alternative apocopic
- máximo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grande?
- /ˈɡɾande/
- [ˈɡɾãn̪.d̪e]
- [ˈgɾãn̪d̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grande
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grande in Spanish?
grande appears 234 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).