páncreas
Spanish, noun/ˈpankɾeas/
páncreas is spelled P-Á-N-C-R-E-A-S (8 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 25,923rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Páncreas is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pancreas” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Órgano glandular ubicado entre el estómago y la columna vertebral con un conducto que desemboca en el…”.
What does páncreas mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepancreas
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Órgano glandular ubicado entre el estómago y la columna vertebral con un conducto que desemboca en el duodeno. Tiene secreciones endocrinas como la insulina y el glucagón, y secreciones exocrinas con los jugos pancreáticos que participan en la digestión de los alimentos.
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.
How do you pronounce páncreas?
- /ˈpankɾeas/
- [ˈpãŋ.kɾe.as]
- [ˈpãŋkɾeas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to páncreas
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is páncreas in Spanish?
páncreas appears 1.6 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).