profano
Spanish, noun
profano is spelled P-R-O-F-A-N-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 39,622nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Profano is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “amateur” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of profanar. With an accent, profanó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of profanar”.
What does profano mean in English?
adjective
- 1
profane; unholy (desecrating a holy place or thing)
- 2
profane; secular (not relating to religion)
- 3
inexperienced, amateur
noun
- 1
masculineamateur
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of profanar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of profanar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que no pertenece o no tiene relación con la religión o lo sagrado. 2. Que es ignorante en la materia o tema que se trata. 3. Que profana o no respeta lo sagrado. 4. Que no mantiene el recato y las buenas costumbres, que se entrega al desenfreno y los excesos.
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 profano
- profana feminine
- profanos masculine plural
- profanas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to profano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is profano in Spanish?
profano appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).