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semen

Spanish, noun/ˈsemen/

semen is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “semen, sperm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Secreción fluida de los genitales de los mamíferos, que contiene los espermatozoides, excretada en la…”.

What does semen mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesemen, sperm

    Mi amigo me preguntó si era saludable tragarse su propio semen.

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Secreción fluida de los genitales de los mamíferos, que contiene los espermatozoides, excretada en la eyaculación. 2. Embrión de las plantas espermatófitas, producto de la evolución del óvulo fecundado por el polen, y normalmente envuelto en un tegumento duro que lo protege.

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 semen

  • sémenes plural
  • cemen alternative

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

How do you pronounce semen?

  • /ˈsemen/
  • [ˈse.mẽn]
  • [ˈsemẽn]

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

English words that translate to semen

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

How common is semen in Spanish?

semen appears 4.1 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).