senior
Spanish, adjective
senior is spelled S-E-N-I-O-R (6 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,773rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Senior is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “alternative form of sénior” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, sénior is a different word: “senior”.
What does senior mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineobsoleteCourtesy vocative used before someone's name, surname or title
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinealternative form of sénior
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinesenior
noun
- 1
masculinesenior
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vocativo de cortesía que se antepone al nombre, apellido o tratamiento de una persona.
adjective: 1. Se coloca al final del nombre de una persona, usualmente bajo la abreviatura "sr", para indicar que ésta es mayor que alguno de sus descendientes. 2. Deportista mayor de edad, en la categoría superior a la de júnior.
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 senior
- seniores plural
- seniors feminine masculine plural
- séniores feminine masculine plural
- séniors feminine masculine plural
- senior alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to senior
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is senior in Spanish?
senior appears 4.6 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).