década
Spanish, noun/ˈdekada/
década is spelled D-É-C-A-D-A (6 letters) and appears 42 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,079th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Década is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “decade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Período de diez años”.
What does década mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedecade
en la década de 1960
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Período de diez años. 2. Serie de diez cosas, elementos, etc.
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 década
- décadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce década?
- /ˈdekada/
- [ˈd̪e.ka.ð̞a]
- [ˈd̪ekað̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to década
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is década in Spanish?
década appears 42 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).