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shogún

Spanish, noun/ʃoˈɡun/

shogún is spelled S-H-O-G-Ú-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written Spanish, the 257,601st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Shogún is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “shogun” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Título del general que comandaba al ejército enviado a combatir a los emishi, quienes habitaban en el norte…”.

What does shogún mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineshogun

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Título del general que comandaba al ejército enviado a combatir a los emishi, quienes habitaban en el norte del Japón feudal.

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 shogún

  • shogunes plural
  • shogun alternative
  • sogún alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce shogún?

  • /ʃoˈɡun/
  • [ʃoˈɣ̞ũn]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to shogún

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is shogún in Spanish?

shogún appears about once in every 54 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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