ovni
Spanish, noun
ovni is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “UFO” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, OVNI is a different word: “alternative form of ovni”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Objeto real o aparente de naturaleza desconocida avistado en el cielo”.
What does ovni mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineUFO
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of ovni
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Objeto real o aparente de naturaleza desconocida avistado en el cielo 2. Por extensión, hipotética nave voladora de origen extraterrestre
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 ovni
- OVNIs plural
- ovnis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ovni
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ovni in Spanish?
ovni appears 1.9 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).