arteria
Spanish, noun
arteria is spelled A-R-T-E-R-I-A (7 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,293rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arteria is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “artery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, artería is a different word: “cunning; sly behaviour”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Vaso sanguíneo mayor que lleva la sangre que sale del corazón hacia los alvéolos pulmonares y hacia las…”.
What does arteria mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineartery
noun
- 1
femininecunning; sly behaviour
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vaso sanguíneo mayor que lleva la sangre que sale del corazón hacia los alvéolos pulmonares y hacia las extremidades y resto del cuerpo 2. Por extensión, calle o avenida de mucho tráfico.
noun: 1. Amaño, astucia que se emplea para algún fin. Hoy se toma siempre en mal sentido.
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 arteria
- arterias plural
- arterías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to arteria
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arteria in Spanish?
arteria appears 3.9 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).