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orden

Spanish, noun/ˈoɾden/

orden is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “order (command)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Organización de cosas de acuerdo con una secuencia”.

What does orden mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineorder (command)

    Es una orden, no una pregunta

  2. 2

    feminineorder (request for some product or service or that which is requested)

  3. 3

    feminineorder (law)

  4. 4

    feminineorder (decoration)

    La Orden del Toisón de Oro

  5. 5

    feminineorder

  6. 6

    feminineorder

    entró a una nueva orden religiosa

noun

  1. 1

    masculineorder (arrangement, sequence, organization)

    Están en orden alfabético

  2. 2

    masculineorderliness

  3. 3

    masculinegood behavior

  4. 4

    masculineorder

  5. 5

    masculineorder (highest exponent)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Organización de cosas de acuerdo con una secuencia. 2. Clasificación de la historia natural entre clase y familia. 3. Conjunto de reglas o leyes. 4. Tranquilidad.

noun: 1. Indicación para realizar algo con carácter obligatorio. 2. Pedido, solicitud. 3. Número de porciones de un alimento determinado que se vende para el consumo de una sola persona.

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 orden

  • órdenes plural
  • órden alternative obsolete

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce orden?

  • /ˈoɾden/
  • [ˈoɾ.ð̞ẽn]
  • [ˈoɾð̞ẽn]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to orden

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is orden in Spanish?

orden appears 200 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).