japonés
Spanish, noun
japonés is spelled J-A-P-O-N-É-S (7 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,313th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Japonés is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a Japanese person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, japones is a different word: “masculine plural of japón”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona originaria de Japón”.
What does japonés mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of Japan; Japanese
noun
- 1
masculinea Japanese person
noun
- 1
masculineJapanese (language)
adjective
- 1
masculinemasculine plural of japón
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Originario, relativo a, o propio de Japón.
noun: 1. Persona originaria de Japón.
noun: 1. Lengua de filiación incierta, hablada en el Japón y partes de Palau.
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 japonés
- japonesa feminine
- japoneses masculine plural
- japonesas feminine plural
- xaponés alternative obsolete
- xapones alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to japonés
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is japonés in Spanish?
japonés appears 25 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).