alimaña
Spanish, noun/aliˈmaɲa/
alimaña is spelled A-L-I-M-A-Ñ-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 82,716th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alimaña is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “vermin, pest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Animal carnívoro pequeño que suele entorpecer la cacería, como el zorro, el gato montés, el milano, etc”.
What does alimaña mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevermin, pest
- 2
femininebloodsucker, scoundrel
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Animal carnívoro pequeño que suele entorpecer la cacería, como el zorro, el gato montés, el milano, etc. 2. Cualquier animal (no humano). 3. Persona en la cual no se puede confiar y de malas intenciones.
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 alimaña
- alimañas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alimaña?
- /aliˈmaɲa/
- [a.liˈma.ɲa]
- [aliˈmaɲa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alimaña
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alimaña in Spanish?
alimaña appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).