dehesa
Spanish, noun/deˈesa/
dehesa is spelled D-E-H-E-S-A (6 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 25,923rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dehesa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “meadow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tierra cubierta con pasto, generalmente destinada a la alimentación de animales como ganado y caballos”.
What does dehesa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemeadow
- 2
femininepasture
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tierra cubierta con pasto, generalmente destinada a la alimentación de animales como ganado y caballos.
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 dehesa
- dehesas plural
- defesa alternative archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dehesa?
- /deˈesa/
- [d̪eˈe.sa]
- [d̪eˈesa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dehesa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dehesa in Spanish?
dehesa appears 1.6 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).