concha
Spanish, noun/ˈkont͡ʃa/
concha is spelled C-O-N-C-H-A (6 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,683rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Concha is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “seashell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pieza sólida y resistente que protege el cuerpo de diversas clases de animales. Se denomina con más precisión…”.
What does concha mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineseashell
- 2
feminineshell (mollusk)
- 3
Mexicofemininekind of sweet bread that resembles a shell in design and in decoration
- 4
femininevulgarpussy, cunt
La cogieron por la concha.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pieza sólida y resistente que protege el cuerpo de diversas clases de animales. Se denomina con más precisión valva en los moluscos y caparazón en los crustáceos y quelónidos. 2. Material córneo muy apreciado obtenido del caparazón de la tortuga carey. 3. Ornamento similar a la valva de un molusco, estriado radialmente, que se usa en heráldica y arquitectura. 4. Cubierta en forma de venera que protege de la vista del público la cámara del apuntador en el tablado de un teatro.
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 concha
- conchas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce concha?
- /ˈkont͡ʃa/
- [ˈkõnʲ.t͡ʃa]
- [ˈkõnʲt͡ʃa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to concha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is concha in Spanish?
concha appears 22 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).