bacteria
Spanish, noun/baɡˈteɾja/
bacteria is spelled B-A-C-T-E-R-I-A (8 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 19,055th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bacteria is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “bacterium (a single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Microorganismo unicelular que carece de núcleo”.
What does bacteria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebacterium (a single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Microorganismo unicelular que carece de núcleo.
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 bacteria
- bacterias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bacteria?
- /baɡˈteɾja/
- [baɣ̞ˈt̪e.ɾja]
- [bakˈt̪eɾja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bacteria
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bacteria in Spanish?
bacteria appears 2.6 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).