oriente
Spanish, noun
oriente is spelled O-R-I-E-N-T-E (7 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,389th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oriente is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “east” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of orientar. With an accent, orienté is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of orientar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Punto cardinal del horizonte, por donde nace el Sol en los equinoccios, convencionalmente ubicado a la…”.
What does oriente mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineeast
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of orientar
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 nace el Sol en los equinoccios, convencionalmente ubicado a la derecha de los mapas, a 90° del norte. 2. Lugar, área, dirección o territorio que se sitúa hacia donde sale el Sol, respecto de otro con el cual se compara, o en un ángulo de 90° a la derecha de quien mira hacia el norte. 3. Viento que sopla desde la parte este u oriental (al oriente₂). 4. Brillo especial de las perlas.
noun: 1. Grafía alternativa de oriente.
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 oriente
- orientes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to oriente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oriente in Spanish?
oriente appears 35 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).