ordeño
Spanish, noun
ordeño is spelled O-R-D-E-Ñ-O (6 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,840th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ordeño is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “milking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of ordeñar. Without its tilde, ordeno is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of ordenar”. With an accent, ordenó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of ordenar”. With a tilde, ordeñó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of ordeñar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de ordeñar”.
What does ordeño mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemilking
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of ordeñar
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of ordenar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of ordenar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of ordeñar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de ordeñar.
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 ordeño
- ordeños plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ordeño
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ordeño in Spanish?
ordeño appears 21 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).