acelga
Spanish, noun/aˈθelɡa/
acelga is spelled A-C-E-L-G-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 62,884th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acelga is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “chard, mangold (edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Beta vulgaris var. cicla) Planta herbácea comestible, de la familia de las amarantáceas, con hojas grandes…”.
What does acelga mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechard, mangold (edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Beta vulgaris var. cicla) Planta herbácea comestible, de la familia de las amarantáceas, con hojas grandes, de color verde brillante y nervadas, de tallos blancos, amarillos o rojos, según la variedad. Pertenece a la misma especie que las betarragas o remolachas, pero se trata de una variedad cultivada para el consumo de sus hojas, en lugar de las raíces.
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 acelga
- acelgas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acelga?
- /aˈθelɡa/
- [aˈθel.ɣ̞a]
- /aˈselɡa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acelga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acelga in Spanish?
acelga appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).