quinceañero
Spanish, noun/kinθeaˈɲeɾo/
quinceañero is spelled Q-U-I-N-C-E-A-Ñ-E-R-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 114,759th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quinceañero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “fifteen-year-old” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does quinceañero mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefifteen-year-old
¡Hoy, mi niño se ha vuelto un precioso quinceañero!
- 2
masculineteen, teenager (in general)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Adolescente de quince años o alrededor de esa edad.
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 quinceañero
- quinceañeros plural
- quinceañera feminine
- quinceañeras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quinceañero?
- /kinθeaˈɲeɾo/
- [kĩn̟.θe.aˈɲe.ɾo]
- /kinseaˈɲeɾo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is quinceañero in Spanish?
quinceañero appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).