payés
Spanish, noun/paˈʝes/
payés is spelled P-A-Y-É-S (5 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 107,397th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Payés is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “farmer, peasant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Campesino o campesina de Cataluña o las Islas Baleares”.
What does payés mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of or from the countryside
noun
- 1
Spainmasculinefarmer, peasant
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Campesino o campesina de Cataluña o las Islas Baleares.
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 payés
- payesa feminine
- payeses masculine plural
- payesas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce payés?
- /paˈʝes/
- [paˈʝes]
- [paˈʃes]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to payés
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is payés in Spanish?
payés appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).