volcán
Spanish, noun/bolˈkan/
volcán is spelled V-O-L-C-Á-N (6 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,830th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Volcán is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “volcano” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Abertura en la corteza terrestre o de algún planeta a través de la cual pueden salir piroclastos, lava…”.
What does volcán mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevolcano
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Abertura en la corteza terrestre o de algún planeta a través de la cual pueden salir piroclastos, lava fundida, cenizas y gases. 2. Pasión intensa. 3. Elemento pirotécnico en forma de cono que al ser encendido emite gran cantidad de chispas a lo alto que luego caen imitando a un volcán.
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 volcán
- volcanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce volcán?
- /bolˈkan/
- [bolˈkãn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to volcán
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is volcán in Spanish?
volcán appears 8.9 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).