santiamén
Spanish, noun/santjaˈmen/
santiamén is spelled S-A-N-T-I-A-M-É-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 76,156th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Santiamén is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “jiffy, jiff, flash, short time, moment, lickety-split” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does santiamén mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejiffy, jiff, flash, short time, moment, lickety-split
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How do you pronounce santiamén?
- /santjaˈmen/
- [sãn̪.t̪jaˈmẽn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to santiamén
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is santiamén in Spanish?
santiamén appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).