cita
Spanish, noun
cita is spelled C-I-T-A (4 letters) and appears 59 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,476th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cita is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “date (romantic outing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of citar. With an accent, citá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of citar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Reunión de personas cuyo encuentro ha sido establecido anteriormente de común acuerdo”.
What does cita mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedate (romantic outing)
app de citas
- 2
feminineappointment
- 3
femininequote, quotation
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
suffix
- 1
femininealternative form of -ita; feminine of -cito
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of citar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Reunión de personas cuyo encuentro ha sido establecido anteriormente de común acuerdo. 2. Referencia a alguna parte de un texto, libro, artículo, etc. 3. Mención que se hace para sustentar, soportar, probar o confirmar algo. 4. Llamada, aclaración que se pone al pie de la plana, relativa al texto.
suffix: 1. Femenino singular de -cito.
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 cita
- citas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cita
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cita in Spanish?
cita appears 59 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).