cesura
Spanish, noun/θeˈsuɾa/
cesura is spelled C-E-S-U-R-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish, the 152,151st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cesura is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “caesura” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “En un verso, espacio o pausa que separa dos hemisquitios”.
What does cesura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecaesura
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. En un verso, espacio o pausa que separa dos hemisquitios. 2. En la poesía antigua, sílaba con la que se terminaba una palabra tras haber formado un pie y que servía para empezar otro. 3. Símbolo que representa una cesura, entre otras cosas (véase ‖).
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 cesura
- cesuras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cesura?
- /θeˈsuɾa/
- [θeˈsu.ɾa]
- /seˈsuɾa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cesura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cesura in Spanish?
cesura appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).