lance
Spanish, noun
lance is spelled L-A-N-C-E (5 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 13,623rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lance is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “launch (act of launching)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of lanzar. With an accent, lancé is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of lanzar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “En el poema dramático y en la novela, suceso, acontecimiento, situación interesante o notable”.
What does lance mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelaunch (act of launching)
- 2
masculinethrow
- 3
masculinecast (fishing)
- 4
masculinesituation
- 5
masculinetelling-off; scolding
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of lanzar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. En el poema dramático y en la novela, suceso, acontecimiento, situación interesante o notable. 2. Proyectil en forma de flecha gruesa arrojado por una ballesta. 3. Hablando de casas, serie de casas construidas sin solución de continuidad en una misma dirección: Casa de TRES LANCES. Casa construida en tres cuerpos. 4. Acción que se realiza sin seguridad de éxito, con la esperanza de que el azar la haga provechosa.
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 lance
- lances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is lance in Spanish?
lance appears 4.2 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).