casta
Spanish, noun/ˈkasta/
casta is spelled C-A-S-T-A (5 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,985th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Casta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “caste” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of casto. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Grupo unido por una ascendencia común”.
What does casta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecaste
- 2
femininelineage (of a person)
- 3
femininebreed (of an animal)
- 4
Spainfeminineestablishment (the exclusive class of powerful people thought to really rule the country)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of casto
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grupo unido por una ascendencia común. 2. Por extensión, naturaleza o clase de una cosa o persona. 3. Grupo social de pertenencia hereditaria, endogámico y asociado vinculantemente con ciertos oficios y rangos, prototípicamente representado por el sistema hindú, adonde la pertenencia de casta era absolutamente irreductible. 4. En las colonias americanas, las castas eran los grupos raciales de sangre mezclada, lo que producía distintos tipos de mestizaje. Era muy difícil superar la mancha de casta, salvo por razones económicas.
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 casta
- castas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce casta?
- /ˈkasta/
- [ˈkas.t̪a]
- [ˈkast̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to casta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is casta in Spanish?
casta appears 5.6 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).