canícula
Spanish, noun/kaˈnikula/
canícula is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “dog days (the days between early July and early September when Sirius rises and sets with the Sun)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Parte del año en que hace mucho calor”.
What does canícula mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedog days (the days between early July and early September when Sirius rises and sets with the Sun)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parte del año en que hace mucho calor. 2. Sequía interestival. 3. Tiempo del nacimiento helíaco de Sirio, que antiguamente coincidia con la época más calurosa del año, pero que hoy no se verifica hasta fines de agosto.
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 canícula
- canículas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce canícula?
- /kaˈnikula/
- [kaˈni.ku.la]
- [kaˈnikula]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is canícula in Spanish?
canícula appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).