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asta

Spanish, noun/ˈasta/

asta is spelled A-S-T-A (4 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,524th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Asta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “flagstaff, flagpole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Vara larga, utilizada para sostener en su extremo una bandera o como parte de un arma larga, como una lanza o…”.

What does asta mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineflagstaff, flagpole

    a media asta

  2. 2

    femininehorn (a hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals)

  3. 3

    feminineshaft, handle

  4. 4

    femininelance; pike

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Vara larga, utilizada para sostener en su extremo una bandera o como parte de un arma larga, como una lanza o venablo. 2. Un arma de la Antigüedad. 3. Cuerno de un cuadrúpedo, en especial de bovino o cérvido, y en particular el tronco principal de la cornamenta ramificada de estos últimos. 4. Material del que están conformadas estas cornamentas.

preposition: 1. Grafía obsoleta de hasta.

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 asta

  • astas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce asta?

  • /ˈasta/
  • [ˈas.t̪a]
  • [ˈast̪a]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to asta

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is asta in Spanish?

asta appears 3.8 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).

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