yagán
Spanish, adjective
yagán is spelled Y-A-G-Á-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written Spanish, the 254,909th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Yagán is a Spanish adjective meaning “Yaghan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, yagan is a different word: “third-person plural present subjunctive”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que pertenece o concierne a un pueblo nómada amerindio que habitaba las islas y canales al sur de Tierra del…”.
What does yagán mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Yaghan
verb
- 1
third-person plural present subjunctive
- 2
third-person plural imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que pertenece o concierne a un pueblo nómada amerindio que habitaba las islas y canales al sur de Tierra del Fuego, entre el Canal Beagle y el Cabo de Hornos. Sobreviven unos pocos descendientes.
noun: 1. Lengua sudamericana hablada por los yaganes. No ha sido relacionada satisfactoriamente con otras lenguas. En el año 2006 sólo una mujer anciana es capaz de hablarla.
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 yagán
- yagana feminine
- yaganes masculine plural
- yaganas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is yagán in Spanish?
yagán appears about once in every 52 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).