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hermano

Spanish, noun

hermano is spelled H-E-R-M-A-N-O (7 letters) and appears 129 times per million words in written Spanish, the 672nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hermano is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “brother” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of hermanar. With an accent, hermanó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of hermanar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que, con respecto a otra, comparte uno o ambos padres”.

What does hermano mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebrother

  2. 2

    masculinesibling

  3. 3

    informalmasculinebro, dude (friendly term of address for a male of similar age.)

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of hermanar

verb

as hermanó
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of hermanar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Persona que, con respecto a otra, comparte uno o ambos padres. 2. Específicamente, el hermano varón (por contraposición a germano). 3. Por extensión, persona que, con respecto a otra, comparte una filiación moral, religiosa o afectiva. 4. Miembro de una orden regular religiosa.

noun: 1. Hermano.

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 hermano

  • hermanos plural
  • hermana feminine
  • hermanas feminine plural
  • mano alternative clipping
  • Hno alternative Internet
  • hno alternative Internet
  • hno. alternative abbreviation

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to hermano

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is hermano in Spanish?

hermano appears 129 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).

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