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cemita

Spanish, noun/θeˈmita/

cemita is spelled C-E-M-I-T-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written Spanish, the 234,430th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cemita is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “a type of bread roll, or a sandwich served on this type of roll” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cemita, platillo hecho con pan de acemite, palabra de donde obtiene el nombre”.

What does cemita mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Mexicofemininea type of bread roll, or a sandwich served on this type of roll

  2. 2

    femininea type of sweet roll or fruit-filled pastry

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Cemita, platillo hecho con pan de acemite, palabra de donde obtiene el nombre.

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 cemita

  • cemitas plural
  • semita alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cemita?

  • /θeˈmita/
  • [θeˈmi.t̪a]
  • /seˈmita/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is cemita in Spanish?

cemita appears about once in every 44 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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