pidgin
Spanish, noun/ˈpidxin/
pidgin is spelled P-I-D-G-I-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 85,557th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pidgin is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pidgin (amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lenguaje que surge entre grupos de personas que no comparten lenguaje nativo, usualmente con un léxico y una…”.
What does pidgin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepidgin (amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lenguaje que surge entre grupos de personas que no comparten lenguaje nativo, usualmente con un léxico y una gramática limitada, simplificada y basada en préstamos de lenguajes previamente existentes.
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 pidgin
- pidgins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pidgin?
- /ˈpidxin/
- [ˈpið̞.xĩn]
- [ˈpið̞xĩn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pidgin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pidgin in Spanish?
pidgin appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).