cadena
Spanish, noun/kaˈdena/
cadena is spelled C-A-D-E-N-A (6 letters) and appears 56 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,550th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cadena is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “chain (series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Serie de objetos entrelazados uno después de otro, especialmente eslabones metálicos”.
What does cadena mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechain (series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal)
- 2
femininenecklace (article of jewelry that is worn around the neck)
- 3
femininenetwork (group of affiliated television stations)
- 4
femininechannel (specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
- 5
femininestring (ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Serie de objetos entrelazados uno después de otro, especialmente eslabones metálicos. 2. Objeto circular formado por eslabones entrelazados. 3. Sucesión de hechos o fenómenos relacionados entre sí. 4. Grupo de personas tomadas de las manos.
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 cadena
- cadenas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cadena?
- /kaˈdena/
- [kaˈð̞e.na]
- [kaˈð̞ena]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cadena
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cadena in Spanish?
cadena appears 56 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).