avispa
Spanish, noun
avispa is spelled A-V-I-S-P-A (6 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 32,109th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avispa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “wasp (any of many types of stinging flying insects resembling a hornet, normally of the suborder Apocrita)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of avispar. With an accent, avispá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of avispar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(suborden Apocrita) Cualquiera de varios miles de especies de insectos himenópteros, estrechamente…”.
What does avispa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewasp (any of many types of stinging flying insects resembling a hornet, normally of the suborder Apocrita)
- 2
colloquialfemininequick-tempered person
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of avispar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (suborden Apocrita) Cualquiera de varios miles de especies de insectos himenópteros, estrechamente relacionados con las hormigas y abejas, de las que se distinguen por no tener el basitarso aplanado y carecer de pelos plumosos; son por lo general predadores y parásitos, dotados de un ovipositor que en algunas especies está modificado para servir como aguijón. 2. Persona irascible.
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 avispa
- avispas plural
- abispa alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to avispa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is avispa in Spanish?
avispa appears 1.1 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).