jamás
Spanish, adverb
jamás is spelled J-A-M-Á-S (5 letters) and appears 89 times per million words in written Spanish, the 987th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jamás is a Spanish adverb meaning “never” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, jamas is a different word: “plural of jama”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “En ninguna oportunidad, momento u ocasión”.
What does jamás mean in English?
adverb
- 1
never
No lo he visto jamás.
- 2
ever
El mejor libro jamás escrito.
noun
- 1
feminineplural of jama
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. En ninguna oportunidad, momento u ocasión. 2. En toda oportunidad, momento u ocasión. 3. Alguna vez.
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.
English words that translate to jamás
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jamás in Spanish?
jamás appears 89 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).