cava
Spanish, noun
cava is spelled C-A-V-A (4 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 19,948th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cava is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “dig” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of cavar. With an accent, cavá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of cavar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cueva”.
What does cava mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedig
noun
- 1
femininecave or cellar where certain kinds of wines are processed
- 2
femininein a palace, a dependency where the water and wine drunk by royalty is looked after
noun
- 1
masculinesparkling wine
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of cavo
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of cavar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cueva. 2. Excavación profunda que circunda a una fortaleza. 3. Bodega o depósito subterráneo donde se elabora o almacena el vino. 4. En un palacio, sala en donde se custodiaba el agua y el vino que debía beber los miembros de la realeza.
noun: 1. Vino espumante, fermentado por el mismo método empleado para la champaña, elaborado fundamentalmente en la región del Penedés catalán y otros puntos de España.
noun: 1. Vena cava.
noun: 1. Acción y efecto de cavar, sobre todo cuando es a las viñas.
noun: 1. Mujer de moral cuestionable o reprensible. 2. Mujer que presta servicios sexuales por dinero.
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 cava
- cavas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cava
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cava in Spanish?
cava appears 2.4 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).