sur
Spanish, noun/ˈsuɾ/
sur is spelled S-U-R (3 letters) and appears 166 times per million words in written Spanish, the 511th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sur is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “south” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Punto cardinal del horizonte, exactamente donde se encuentra el Sol a mediodía (en el hemisferio norte)…”.
What does sur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesouth
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Punto cardinal del horizonte, exactamente donde se encuentra el Sol a mediodía (en el hemisferio norte), marcado a 180° con respecto al Norte en una brújula. Convencionalmente se ubica en la parte inferior de los mapas,. 2. El polo negativo de un imán.
adjective: 1. Que está al sur.
noun: 1. Grafía alternativa de sur.
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 sur
- sures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sur?
- /ˈsuɾ/
- [ˈsuɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sur in Spanish?
sur appears 166 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).