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centella

Spanish, noun

centella is spelled C-E-N-T-E-L-L-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 65,203rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Centella is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “spark (burst of electric discharge)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of centellar. With an accent, centellá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of centellar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pequeña descarga eléctrica, como un rayo de baja intensidad, que se produce entre las nubes”.

What does centella mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininespark (burst of electric discharge)

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as centellá
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of centellar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Pequeña descarga eléctrica, como un rayo de baja intensidad, que se produce entre las nubes. 2. Partícula encendida o luminosa que salta de una materia que arde o del roce de dos objetos. 3. Punto de luz muy viva que aparece y desaparece. 4. (Centella spp.) Género de plantas herbáceas, anuales, rizomáticas y estoloníferas, de la familia de las araliáceas. Muestran tallos cortos y hojas reniformes, pubescentes. La floración se produce dos veces al año, dando umbelas de pequeñas flores rojizas o blanquecinas, pentámeras. Toda la planta se usa en medicina tradicional oriental y en la gastronomía de la India.

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 centella

  • centellas plural
  • centalla alternative

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

English words that translate to centella

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is centella in Spanish?

centella appears about once in every 3 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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