cena
Spanish, noun
cena is spelled C-E-N-A (4 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,113th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cena is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “supper, dinner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of cenar. With an accent, cená is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of cenar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Comida nocturna”.
What does cena mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesupper, dinner
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of cenar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Comida nocturna.
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 cena
- cenas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cena
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cena in Spanish?
cena appears 26 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).