balsa
Spanish, noun/ˈbalsa/
balsa is spelled B-A-L-S-A (5 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,279th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Balsa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “raft” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Depósito de agua que se forma naturalmente al inundarse una depresión”.
What does balsa mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineraft
- 2
feminineferry
- 3
femininebalsa (tree)
- 4
femininepuddle, pool, pond
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Depósito de agua que se forma naturalmente al inundarse una depresión. 2. Depósito de agua creado artificialmente en un terreno. 3. Árbol americano de la familia de las Borragináceas, con diversas variedades. Se caracteriza por tener una madera blanca, suave y muy ligera, que flota en el agua, y es utilizada en aeromodelismo. 4. Madera de este árbol.
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 balsa
- balsas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce balsa?
- /ˈbalsa/
- [ˈbal.sa]
- [ˈbalsa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to balsa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is balsa in Spanish?
balsa appears 2.3 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).