colmenar
Spanish, noun/kolmeˈnaɾ/
colmenar is spelled C-O-L-M-E-N-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 42,307th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colmenar is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “apiary (a place where beehives are kept)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lugar donde hay varios enjambres o un conjunto de colmenas (vivienda para las abejas construida por seres…”.
What does colmenar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineapiary (a place where beehives are kept)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lugar donde hay varios enjambres o un conjunto de colmenas (vivienda para las abejas construida por seres humanos).
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 colmenar
- colmenares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colmenar?
- /kolmeˈnaɾ/
- [kol.meˈnaɾ]
- [kolmeˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to colmenar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is colmenar in Spanish?
colmenar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).