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saín

Spanish, noun/saˈin/

saín is spelled S-A-Í-N (4 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish, the 169,030th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saín is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “fish oil, which was used for lighting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Grasa de animal”.

What does saín mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinefish oil, which was used for lighting

  2. 2

    masculinelard; rendered lard

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Grasa de animal. 2. Aceite extraído de la grasa de algunos peces y cetáceos.

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 saín

  • saínes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce saín?

  • /saˈin/
  • [saˈĩn]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to saín

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is saín in Spanish?

saín appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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