clava
Spanish, noun
clava is spelled C-L-A-V-A (5 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 24,401st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clava is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “club (weapon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of clavar. With an accent, clavá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of clavar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Palo toscamente labrado, como de un metro de largo, que va aumentando de diámetro desde la empuñadura hasta…”.
What does clava mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineclub (weapon)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of clavar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Palo toscamente labrado, como de un metro de largo, que va aumentando de diámetro desde la empuñadura hasta el extremo opuesto. 2. Abertura superior y a lo largo del trancanil de ambas bandas de la cubierta de proa en algunas embarcaciones de poco porte, para dar salida al agua que embarcan.
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 clava
- clavas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to clava
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clava in Spanish?
clava appears 1.8 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).