Jesús
Spanish, interjection/xeˈsus/
Jesús is spelled J-E-S-Ú-S (5 letters) and appears 78 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,138th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jesús is a Spanish interjection meaning “bless you, gesundheit (said after a sneeze)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Expresión de cortesía tras un estornudo”.
What does Jesús mean in English?
interjection
- 1
Spainbless you, gesundheit (said after a sneeze)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Expresión de cortesía tras un estornudo.
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.
How do you pronounce Jesús?
- /xeˈsus/
- [xeˈsus]
- /ʃeˈsus/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Jesús
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Jesús in Spanish?
Jesús appears 78 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).