hentai
Spanish, noun/xenˈtai/
hentai is spelled H-E-N-T-A-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 35,389th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hentai is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “hentai (a work of anime or manga–Japanese cartoon art, respectively animated and static–that contains pornography)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Obra de anime o manga (o cualquier medio similar) que contenga arte muy sexual o pornográfico”.
What does hentai mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehentai (a work of anime or manga–Japanese cartoon art, respectively animated and static–that contains pornography)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Obra de anime o manga (o cualquier medio similar) que contenga arte muy sexual o pornográfico.
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 hentai
- hentais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hentai?
- /xenˈtai/
- [xẽn̪ˈt̪ai̯]
- [ˈẽn̪t̪aj]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hentai
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hentai in Spanish?
hentai appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).