coma
Spanish, noun/ˈkoma/
coma is spelled C-O-M-A (4 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,704th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coma is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “comma (punctuation mark)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of comer. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Signo de puntuación que se emplea en gramática para dividir ciertas partes de la oración (las aposiciones…”.
What does coma mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecomma (punctuation mark)
- 2
femininemisericord
- 3
femininesection
noun
- 1
masculinecoma (deep sleep)
noun
- 1
feminineraremane
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Signo de puntuación que se emplea en gramática para dividir ciertas partes de la oración (las aposiciones, las cláusulas adjetivas, los elementos de las listas y las cláusulas desplazadas por hipérbaton), y en matemática para separar los decimales.
noun: 1. Estado mórbido en que la conciencia y la motilidad se encuentran completamente suspendidas.
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 coma
- comas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coma?
- /ˈkoma/
- [ˈko.ma]
- [ˈkoma]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to coma
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is coma in Spanish?
coma 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).