cima
Spanish, noun
cima is spelled C-I-M-A (4 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,594th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cima is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “top” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of cimar. With an accent, cimá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of cimar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Punto más alto de algo”.
What does cima mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetop
en la cima del mundo
- 2
femininepeak, summit, mountaintop (top of a mountain or hill)
- 3
femininecyme
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of cimar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Punto más alto de algo. 2. Parte más alta de montañas y colinas. 3. Punto máximo o más perfecto de una obra, carrera o trayectoria. 4. Tallo de algunas verduras tales como el cardo.
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 cima
- cimas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cima
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cima in Spanish?
cima appears 13 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).