ata
Spanish, verb
ata is spelled A-T-A (3 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,619th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ata is a Spanish verb meaning “third-person singular present indicative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, atá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of atar”.
What does ata mean in English?
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
suffix
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of -ato
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of atar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Úsase para construir el diminutivo festivo de algunos nombres de objeto. 2. Úsase para construir el despectivo de algunos epítetos personales.
suffix: 1. Forma femenina de -ato.
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.
How common is ata in Spanish?
ata appears 2.9 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).