poniente
Spanish, noun/poˈnjente/
poniente is spelled P-O-N-I-E-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,540th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poniente is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “west” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Punto cardinal por donde se pone el Sol y lugar, área, dirección o territorio que se sitúa hacia ese punto…”.
What does poniente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinewest, western
- 2
femininemasculinesetting (sun or star)
noun
- 1
masculinewest
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dice de un astro que se oculta tras el horizonte.
noun: 1. Punto cardinal por donde se pone el Sol y lugar, área, dirección o territorio que se sitúa hacia ese punto, convencionalmente ubicado a la izquierda de los mapas, a 270° del norte. 2. Viento que sopla desde el oeste.
noun: 1. Grafía alternativa de poniente (punto cardinal).
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 poniente
- ponientes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poniente?
- /poˈnjente/
- [poˈnjẽn̪.t̪e]
- [poˈnjẽn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to poniente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is poniente in Spanish?
poniente appears 4.7 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).