cepa
Spanish, noun/ˈθepa/
cepa is spelled C-E-P-A (4 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 19,055th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cepa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “variety” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Parte más gruesa del tronco, o tallo, adherida a las raíces y que queda bajo tierra”.
What does cepa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevariety
- 2
femininestrain
cepa de hongos
- 3
femininerootstalk, rhizome (underground stem base)
- 4
femininegrapevine stock, grapevine
- 5
feminineroot (of an animal's tail or horns, etc.)
- 6
feminineancestry, stock, origin (of family lineage)
de buena cepa
- 7
femininepier (of an arch or bridge)
- 8
femininenucleus (of cloud formation)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parte más gruesa del tronco, o tallo, adherida a las raíces y que queda bajo tierra. 2. Tronco de la vid. 3. Por extensión, toda la planta de la vid. 4. Por analogía con el tronco subterráneo, parte inicial de las astas o de la cola de un animal.
abbreviation: 1. Sigla de Centro de Educación de Personas Adultas.
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 cepa
- cepas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cepa?
- /ˈθepa/
- [ˈθe.pa]
- /ˈsepa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cepa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cepa in Spanish?
cepa appears 2.6 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).