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naciente

Spanish, noun/naˈθjente/

naciente is spelled N-A-C-I-E-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,361st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Naciente is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “east” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Punto cardinal por donde nace el Sol y lugar, área, dirección o territorio que se sitúa hacia ese punto…”.

What does naciente mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinenascent, new

noun

  1. 1

    masculinerareeast

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que nace, que está en sus primeros momentos de existencia o, referido a un astro, que aparece en el horizonte. 2. Se dice de un animal o figura cuya cabeza sobresale de una parte del escudo.

noun: 1. Punto cardinal por donde nace el Sol y lugar, área, dirección o territorio que se sitúa hacia ese punto, convencionalmente ubicado a la derecha de los mapas, a 90° del norte.

noun: 1. Lugar donde brota y se forma una corriente de agua.

noun: 1. Grafía alternativa de naciente (punto cardinal).

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 naciente

  • nacientes feminine masculine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce naciente?

  • /naˈθjente/
  • [naˈθjẽn̪.t̪e]
  • /naˈsjente/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to naciente

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is naciente in Spanish?

naciente appears 3.0 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).

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