colmena
Spanish, noun/kolˈmena/
colmena is spelled C-O-L-M-E-N-A (7 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 24,044th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colmena is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “beehive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Habitación de las abejas”.
What does colmena mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebeehive
- 2
feminineswarm of bees living in a beehive
- 3
femininecrowded place
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitación de las abejas. 2. Apiario. 3. Colonia de abejas. 4. (Apis mellifera) Insecto himenóptero volador, de color pardo oscuro que vive en grandes colonias divididas en castas. Poseen un aguijón capaz de producir una picadura muy dolorosa. Se alimentan del polen y del néctar de las flores, contribuyendo eficazmente a su polinización y pueden llegar a producir grandes cantidades de miel, polen y cera, por lo que han sido utilizadas por el hombre para su be
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 colmena
- colmenas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colmena?
- /kolˈmena/
- [kolˈme.na]
- [kolˈmena]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to colmena
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is colmena in Spanish?
colmena 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).