ancla
Spanish, noun
ancla is spelled A-N-C-L-A (5 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 21,583rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ancla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “anchor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of anclar. With an accent, anclá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of anclar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento fuerte de hierro, como arpón o anzuelo de dos lengüetas, el cual afirmado al extremo del cable o…”.
What does ancla mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineanchor
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of anclar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento fuerte de hierro, como arpón o anzuelo de dos lengüetas, el cual afirmado al extremo del cable o gúmena, y arrojado al mar, sirve para aferrar o amarrar las embarcaciones, y asegurarlas del ímpetu de los vientos. 2. Pieza de metal que sirve para asegurar o reforzar las partes de una construcción, especialmente los tirantes (largueros que se instalan horizontalmente para dar estabilidad al edificio). 3. Parte del cuerpo humano que se encuentra al final de cada brazo, desde la muñeca hasta la punta de los dedos.
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 ancla
- anclas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ancla
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ancla in Spanish?
ancla appears 2.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).