junior
Spanish, adjective
junior is spelled J-U-N-I-O-R (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,498th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Junior is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “alternative form of júnior” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, júnior is a different word: “junior”.
What does junior mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinealternative form of júnior
noun
- 1
masculinejunior
- 2
masculinenovice
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona católica que después de haber profesado sigue sujeto a la enseñanza y obediencia del maestro.
adjective: 1. Se coloca al final del nombre de una persona, usualmente bajo la abreviatura "jr", para indicar que ésta es más joven que su progenitor. 2. Deportista en la categoría inmediatamente inferior a la de sénior.
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 junior
- juniors feminine masculine plural
- júniores plural
- júniors plural
- junior alternative
- yúnior alternative
- juniores plural
- juniora feminine
- junioras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to junior
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is junior in Spanish?
junior appears 11 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).