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origen

Spanish, noun/oˈɾixen/

origen is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “origin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El principio de algo”.

What does origen mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineorigin

    No se conocen con certeza los orígenes de ellos.

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. El principio de algo. 2. La fuente de algo. 3. Ascendencia. 4. El punto de derivación de algo.

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 origen

  • orígenes plural

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

How do you pronounce origen?

  • /oˈɾixen/
  • [oˈɾi.xẽn]
  • [oˈɾixẽn]

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

English words that translate to origen

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

How common is origen in Spanish?

origen appears 91 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).