occidente
Spanish, noun/oɡθiˈdente/
occidente is spelled O-C-C-I-D-E-N-T-E (9 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,991st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Occidente is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “west, occident” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Punto cardinal del horizonte, por donde cae el Sol en los días de equinoccio, convencionalmente ubicado a la…”.
What does occidente mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewest, occident
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Punto cardinal del horizonte, por donde cae el Sol en los días de equinoccio, convencionalmente ubicado a la izquierda de los mapas, a 270° del norte. 2. Lugar, área, dirección o territorio que se sitúa hacia donde se pone el Sol, respecto de otro con el cual se compara, o en un ángulo de 270° (a la izquierda) de quien mira hacia el norte.
noun: 1. Grafía alternativa de occidente.
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 occidente
- occidentes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce occidente?
- /oɡθiˈdente/
- [oɣ̞.θiˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪e]
- /oɡsiˈdente/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to occidente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is occidente in Spanish?
occidente appears 20 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).