arenisca
Spanish, noun/aɾeˈniska/
arenisca is spelled A-R-E-N-I-S-C-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 38,543rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arenisca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “sandstone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of arenisco. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Roca sedimentaria, formada por granillos de cuarzo unidos por un cemento silíceo, arcilloso, calizo o…”.
What does arenisca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesandstone
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of arenisco
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Roca sedimentaria, formada por granillos de cuarzo unidos por un cemento silíceo, arcilloso, calizo o ferruginoso. 2. Roca sedimentaria de origen detrítico formada por arenas conglomeradas. Puede llevar elementos muy bastos (microconglomerados) o muy finos (pelita). Una arenisca puede definirse por la naturaleza de su cemento: silíceo (arenisca cuarzosa o cuarcítica), calcáreo (macigno) o ferraginoso (alios), o por la naturaleza de sus granos: feldespatos (arenisca feldespática o arkosa), láminas de moscovita (ar
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 arenisca
- areniscas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arenisca?
- /aɾeˈniska/
- [a.ɾeˈnis.ka]
- [aɾeˈniska]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arenisca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arenisca in Spanish?
arenisca appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).