santeño
Spanish, noun/sanˈteɲo/
santeño is spelled S-A-N-T-E-Ñ-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written Spanish, the 314,558th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Santeño is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “native or inhabitant of Los Santos Province, Panama (usually male)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does santeño mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of, from or relating to Los Santos Province, Panama
noun
- 1
masculinenative or inhabitant of Los Santos Province, Panama (usually male)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Originario, relativo a, o propio de Los Santos, Panamá.
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 santeño
- santeña feminine
- santeños masculine plural
- santeñas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce santeño?
- /sanˈteɲo/
- [sãn̪ˈt̪e.ɲo]
- [sãn̪ˈt̪eɲo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is santeño in Spanish?
santeño appears about once in every 83 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).