atarraya
Spanish, noun/ataˈraʝa/
atarraya is spelled A-T-A-R-R-A-Y-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written Spanish, the 271,310th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atarraya is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “fishing net” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tipo de red grande para pesca, que se lanza al voleo, en movimiento circular, desde pequeñas embarcaciones o…”.
What does atarraya mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefishing net
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tipo de red grande para pesca, que se lanza al voleo, en movimiento circular, desde pequeñas embarcaciones o las playas para coger peces de tamaño pequeño y mediano.
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 atarraya
- atarrayas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atarraya?
- /ataˈraʝa/
- [a.t̪aˈra.ʝa]
- [at̪aˈraʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is atarraya in Spanish?
atarraya appears about once in every 60 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).