san
Spanish, noun
san is spelled S-A-N (3 letters) and appears 295 times per million words in written Spanish, the 276th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). San is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “financial, temporal-savings scheme; the participants periodically contribute a quota to a communal pot that is given to one member, based…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, San is a different word: “Saint (title)”.
What does san mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefinancial, temporal-savings scheme; the participants periodically contribute a quota to a communal pot that is given to one member, based on his/her turn amongst all the others
adjective
- 1
masculineapocopic form of santo (“saint”)
noun
- 1
femininesan; the Greek letter Ϻ, ϻ
adjective
- 1
Saint (title)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Variante de santo. Se usa ante nombres masculinos, excepto ante Tomás, Tomé, Toribio y Domingo, por cuestiones eufónicas.
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 san
- sanes plural
- San alternative capitalized
- santo standard
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to san
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is san in Spanish?
san appears 295 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).