zen
Spanish, noun/ˈθen/
zen is spelled Z-E-N (3 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 19,645th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zen is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “zen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Escuela de budismo mahayana que se originó en China durante la dinastía Tang. El zen enfatiza la rigurosa…”.
What does zen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
zen
noun
- 1
masculinezen
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Escuela de budismo mahayana que se originó en China durante la dinastía Tang. El zen enfatiza la rigurosa práctica de la meditación sentada, la comprensión de la naturaleza de la mente, y la expresión personal de esta visión en la vida diaria, especialmente en beneficio de los demás.
adjective: 1. Que pertenece o concierne al zen.
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 zen?
- /ˈθen/
- [ˈθẽn]
- /ˈsen/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zen in Spanish?
zen appears 2.5 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).