cata
Spanish, noun
cata is spelled C-A-T-A (4 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 19,645th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cata is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “tasting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of catar. With an accent, catá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of catar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de catar”.
What does cata mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetasting
cata de vinos
- 2
femininebite, sample
noun
- 1
femininebudgerigar
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of catar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de catar. 2. Evento que se organiza para dar a probar un producto a un conjunto de posibles consumidores o compradores. 3. Dosis que se usa para hacer una cata. 4. Cordel con un plomo en un extremo, para medir alturas.
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de catear. 2. Calicata.
noun: 1. (Myiopsitta monachus) Nombre dado a algunas especies de loros, en especial la cotorra argentina.
noun: 1. Tirachinas.
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 cata
- catas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cata
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cata in Spanish?
cata appears 2.5 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).