sensei
Spanish, noun/ˈsensei/
sensei is spelled S-E-N-S-E-I (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 30,367th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sensei is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “sensei (martial arts instructor)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Vocativo utilizado en los países del Lejano Oriente para nombrar a quienes son maestros”.
What does sensei mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesensei (martial arts instructor)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vocativo utilizado en los países del Lejano Oriente para nombrar a quienes son maestros.
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 sensei
- senseis plural
- senséis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sensei?
- /ˈsensei/
- [ˈsẽn.sei̯]
- /ˈsense/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sensei
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sensei in Spanish?
sensei appears 1.3 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).