samurái
Spanish, noun/samuˈɾai/
samurái is spelled S-A-M-U-R-Á-I (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 45,181st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Samurái is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “samurai” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does samurái mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesamurai
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Soldado de élite del antiguo Japón.
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 samurái
- samuráis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce samurái?
- /samuˈɾai/
- [sa.muˈɾai̯]
- [samuˈɾaj]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to samurái
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is samurái in Spanish?
samurái 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).