arena
Spanish, noun
arena is spelled A-R-E-N-A (5 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,389th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arena is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “sand, gravel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of arenar. With an accent, arená is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of arenar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Material granulado más o menos finamente, entre 2 y 1/8 mm, producido por el desmenuzamiento de las rocas por…”.
What does arena mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesand, gravel
arena muerta
- 2
femininebullfight arena; boxing ring
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of arenar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Material granulado más o menos finamente, entre 2 y 1/8 mm, producido por el desmenuzamiento de las rocas por la erosión del viento, el agua y el calor; normalmente está compuesto en gran parte por sílice, cuarzo, feldespato y otros minerales. 2. Orilla de los cuerpos de agua (mar, río, lago) conformado por dicho material. 3. Mineral molido reducido a polvo. 4. Ruedo en el que tiene lugar un combate u otro enfrentamiento.
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 arena
- arenas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to arena
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arena in Spanish?
arena appears 35 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).