despensa
Spanish, noun/desˈpensa/
despensa is spelled D-E-S-P-E-N-S-A (8 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,279th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Despensa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “pantry, larder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conjunto de comestibles”.
What does despensa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepantry, larder
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conjunto de comestibles. 2. Lugar donde se guarda la despensa₁. 3. Oficio de despensero o administrador de la despensa. 4. Ajuste de cebada y paja, que se hace para todo el año, por no poderlas o no quererlas tener en casa.
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 despensa
- despensas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce despensa?
- /desˈpensa/
- [d̪esˈpẽn.sa]
- [d̪esˈpẽnsa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to despensa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is despensa in Spanish?
despensa appears 2.3 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).