albarrana
Spanish, noun/albaˈrana/
albarrana is spelled A-L-B-A-R-R-A-N-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish, the 187,919th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Albarrana is a Spanish noun meaning “Portuguese squill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Drimia maritima), planta bulbosa de la familia Asparagaceae, hierba perenne con bulbo de 3,5-18 cm de…”.
What does albarrana mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portuguese squill
- 2
a type of fortified tower
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Drimia maritima), planta bulbosa de la familia Asparagaceae, hierba perenne con bulbo de 3,5-18 cm de diámetro, a menudo algo sobresaliente del suelo, ovoide o subgloboso, con túnicas externas pardas, pardo-rojizas, pardo-grisáceas o pardo-negruzcas, a veces blanquecinas. 2. (Scilla verna Huds), planta de la familia Asparagaceae, Tiene las hojas romas y cóncavas, de hasta 20 cm de largo, brotan antes que las cabezuelas, de 6 a 12 flores azuladas. Las cabezuelas florales no son tan altas como las hojas, pero estas se arquean alejándose de las flores, por lo que estas se muestran bien.
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 albarrana
- albarrana f From Arabic: البرانة Source: https: canonical
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- tdhle canonical
- albarr%C3%A1n canonical
- albarranas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce albarrana?
- /albaˈrana/
- [al.β̞aˈra.na]
- [alβ̞aˈrana]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is albarrana in Spanish?
albarrana appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).