ciénaga
Spanish, noun/ˈθjenaɡa/
ciénaga is spelled C-I-É-N-A-G-A (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 29,960th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ciénaga is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “marsh, swamp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hondonada donde se recogen y naturalmente se detienen las aguas, con fondo más o menos cenagoso, y que…”.
What does ciénaga mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemarsh, swamp
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hondonada donde se recogen y naturalmente se detienen las aguas, con fondo más o menos cenagoso, y que conforma un hábitat para ciertas especies de animales y vegetales.
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 ciénaga
- ciénagas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ciénaga?
- /ˈθjenaɡa/
- [ˈθje.na.ɣ̞a]
- /ˈsjenaɡa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ciénaga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ciénaga in Spanish?
ciénaga appears 1.3 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).