payanés
Spanish, noun/paʝaˈnes/
payanés is spelled P-A-Y-A-N-É-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written Spanish, the 260,274th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Payanés is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “native or inhabitant of Popayán, Colombia (usually male)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does payanés mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of, from or relating to Popayán, Colombia
noun
- 1
masculinenative or inhabitant of Popayán, Colombia (usually male)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Originario, relativo a, o propio de Popayán, Cauca, Colombia.
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 payanés
- payanesa feminine
- payaneses masculine plural
- payanesas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce payanés?
- /paʝaˈnes/
- [pa.ʝaˈnes]
- [paʝaˈnes]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is payanés in Spanish?
payanés appears about once in every 55 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).