chumbera
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃumˈbeɾa/
chumbera is spelled C-H-U-M-B-E-R-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish, the 187,919th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chumbera is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “prickly pear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Opuntia spp.) Cualquiera de unas 250 especies de cactus naturales del continente americano, con una…”.
What does chumbera mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprickly pear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Opuntia spp.) Cualquiera de unas 250 especies de cactus naturales del continente americano, con una estructura caulinar formada por segmentos redondos y planos (cladodios), cubiertos de dos clases de espinas, que forman estructuras densas y enmarañadas. Se encuentran entre los más resistentes al frío de los cactos, distribuyéndose desde el Canadá hasta Argentina. Su fruto y los brotes tiernos, pe
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 chumbera
- chumberas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chumbera?
- /t͡ʃumˈbeɾa/
- [t͡ʃũmˈbe.ɾa]
- [t͡ʃũmˈbeɾa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chumbera in Spanish?
chumbera appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).