origen
Spanish, noun/oˈɾixen/
origen is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “origin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El principio de algo”.
What does origen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineorigin
No se conocen con certeza los orígenes de ellos.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. El principio de algo. 2. La fuente de algo. 3. Ascendencia. 4. El punto de derivación de algo.
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 origen
- orígenes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce origen?
- /oˈɾixen/
- [oˈɾi.xẽn]
- [oˈɾixẽn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to origen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is origen in Spanish?
origen appears 91 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).