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acerola

Spanish, noun/aθeˈɾola/

acerola is spelled A-C-E-R-O-L-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish, the 157,080th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acerola is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “azarole, the fruit of the acerolo (Crataegus azarolus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Fruto del acerolo. Es redondo, encarnado o amarillo, carnoso y agridulce, y tiene dentro tres huesos juntos…”.

What does acerola mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineazarole, the fruit of the acerolo (Crataegus azarolus)

  2. 2

    feminineacerola

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Fruto del acerolo. Es redondo, encarnado o amarillo, carnoso y agridulce, y tiene dentro tres huesos juntos muy duros.

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 acerola

  • acerolas plural

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

How do you pronounce acerola?

  • /aθeˈɾola/
  • [a.θeˈɾo.la]
  • /aseˈɾola/

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

English words that translate to acerola

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

How common is acerola in Spanish?

acerola appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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