Jiménez

American  

[hee-me-neth] / hiˈmɛ nɛθ /

noun

1. Juan Ramón 1881–1958, Spanish poet: Nobel Prize 1956.

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Jiménez British  

/ xiˈmenɛθ /

noun

1. Juan Ramón (xwan raˈmɔn). 1881–1958, Spanish lyric poet. His most famous work is Platero y yo (1917), a prose poem: Nobel prize for literature 1956

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Example Sentences

“The future of the country runs through that family—it’s a monarchy,” said Abraham Jiménez Enoa, an exiled Cuban journalist and writer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

“You can’t tell who it is. They don’t yell or anything. It’s just that—banging on pots,” said Rodolfo Jiménez, a retiree who has lived on the same street in Havana his entire life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

In addition to the Mavericks and his solo work, Malo also played with Los Super Seven, a sprawling roots-music supergroup whose other members included Jiménez, Freddy Fender and members of Los Lobos.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

"We set up the tyre repair shop in the middle of the sand dunes, far from the town centre," says Mr Jiménez.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025

“And Mami,” I said as I sipped my afternoon café con leche, “Miss Jiménez said the experts will give us free food and toothbrushes and things...and we can get breakfast every day except Sunday...”

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago