quinceañera
Spanish, noun/ˌkinθeaˈɲeɾa/
quinceañera is spelled Q-U-I-N-C-E-A-Ñ-E-R-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 44,603rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quinceañera is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “quinceañera (fifteenth birthday celebration for a young woman)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of quinceañero: fifteen-year-old (girl). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Celebración del decimoquinto cumpleaños, generalmente de una chica, como un acontecimiento extraordinario”.
What does quinceañera mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of quinceañero: fifteen-year-old (girl)
- 2
Latin-AmericaMexicoUSfemininequinceañera (fifteenth birthday celebration for a young woman)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celebración del decimoquinto cumpleaños, generalmente de una chica, como un acontecimiento extraordinario.
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 quinceañera
- quinceañeras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quinceañera?
- /ˌkinθeaˈɲeɾa/
- [ˌkĩn̟.θe.aˈɲe.ɾa]
- /ˌkinseaˈɲeɾa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quinceañera
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quinceañera in Spanish?
quinceañera appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).