once
Spanish, noun/ˈonθe/
once is spelled O-N-C-E (4 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,313th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Once is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “elevenses, snack (bread with tea or coffee)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Signo o signos usados para representar al número que tiene once unidades”.
What does once mean in English?
number
- 1
eleven
noun
- 1
Latin-Americafeminineelevenses, snack (bread with tea or coffee)
tomar las once
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
number: 1. Diez y uno. 2. Que ocupa el undécimo lugar en una serie. 3. Que está once veces. Se usa delante de un sustantivo, pero también puede ir solo.
noun: 1. Signo o signos usados para representar al número que tiene once unidades. 2. Nombre del número 11. 3. Los jugadores titulares que se presentan en un partido de fútbol. 4. Comida ligera, generalmente consistente en té o café con leche y un par de rebanadas de pan, ingerida a media tarde antes de la cena.
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 once
- onze alternative obsolete
- onces plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce once?
- /ˈonθe/
- [ˈõn̟.θe]
- /ˈonse/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to once
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is once in Spanish?
once appears 25 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).