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besana

Spanish, noun/beˈsana/

besana is spelled B-E-S-A-N-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written Spanish, the 257,601st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Besana is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “furrow; the first of such furrows” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Trazado de surcos paralelos al arar”.

What does besana mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefurrow; the first of such furrows

  2. 2

    feminineplot, parcel

  3. 3

    femininea unit of land area used in Catalonia equal to 2,187 square metres

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Trazado de surcos paralelos al arar. 2. Superficie de unas tres hectáreas para siembra. 3. Tierra de labor. 4. Primer surco que traza el arado.

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 besana

  • besanas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce besana?

  • /beˈsana/
  • [beˈsa.na]
  • [beˈsana]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to besana

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is besana in Spanish?

besana appears about once in every 54 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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