castañeta
Spanish, noun/kastaˈɲeta/
castañeta is spelled C-A-S-T-A-Ñ-E-T-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written Spanish, the 324,638th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Castañeta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “castanet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does castañeta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecastanet
- 2
feminineclick; clicking; snap; snapping (of the finger)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of castañeta
- castañetas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce castañeta?
- /kastaˈɲeta/
- [kas.t̪aˈɲe.t̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is castañeta in Spanish?
castañeta appears about once in every 89 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).