breña
Spanish, noun/ˈbɾeɲa/
breña is spelled B-R-E-Ñ-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 66,744th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Breña is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “scrub, brush (thick vegetation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Terreno rocoso o entre peñas, con topografía quebrada y cubierta de vegetación silvestre”.
What does breña mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininescrub, brush (thick vegetation)
- 2
femininerough ground
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Terreno rocoso o entre peñas, con topografía quebrada y cubierta de vegetación silvestre.
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 breña
- breñas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce breña?
- /ˈbɾeɲa/
- [ˈbɾe.ɲa]
- [ˈbɾeɲa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to breña
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is breña in Spanish?
breña appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).