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borona

Spanish, noun/boˈɾona/

borona is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “millet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Semilla de varios cereales, en especial el mijo y el maíz”.

What does borona mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemillet

  2. 2

    femininemaize; corn

  3. 3

    femininecornbread

  4. 4

    Latin-Americafemininecrumb

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Semilla de varios cereales, en especial el mijo y el maíz. 2. Tipo de pan hecho de maíz. 3. Porción muy pequeña de alimentos horneados (pan, galletas, etc.), en especial los trocitos que quedan después de partirlos. 4. Pedazo pequeño de algún alimento, o parte sobrante, o pequeña porción de dinero.

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 borona

  • boronas plural

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

How do you pronounce borona?

  • /boˈɾona/
  • [boˈɾo.na]
  • Spain [boˈɾona]

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

English words that translate to borona

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

How common is borona in Spanish?

borona appears about once in every 36 million words in written Spanish.

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