sin
Spanish, preposition/ˈsin/
sin is spelled S-I-N (3 letters) and appears 1,738 times per million words in written Spanish, the 43rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sin is a Spanish preposition meaning “without” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Indica la ausencia, carencia o falta de algo”.
What does sin mean in English?
preposition
- 1
without
prefix
- 1
syn-
prefix
- 1
without
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
preposition: 1. Indica la ausencia, carencia o falta de algo. 2. Indica exclusión. 3. Indica negación delante de un verbo en infinitivo, equivalente a "no" delante del gerundio.
prefix: 1. Indica unión.
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.
How do you pronounce sin?
- /ˈsin/
- [ˈsĩn]
- [sĩn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sin in Spanish?
sin appears 1,738 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).