noun · #119
brother
Example: Mi hermano vive fuera.
My brother lives abroad.
Spanish → English
el hermano
el hermano is Spanish for brother.
What el hermano means
How common is it?
el hermano is ranked #119 of the 500 most common Spanish words. It is in the everyday core of the language — common enough that it is worth knowing cold before you move on to specialist vocabulary.
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Words with a similar frequency to el hermano — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
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