doncella
Spanish, noun/donˈθeʝa/
doncella is spelled D-O-N-C-E-L-L-A (8 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,619th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Doncella is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “maid, maiden, damsel (girl or an unmarried young woman)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mujer joven y virgen”.
What does doncella mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemaid, maiden, damsel (girl or an unmarried young woman)
- 2
feminineabigail, lady's maid (female servant employed by an upper-class woman to attend to her personal needs)
- 3
feminineMediterranean rainbow wrasse (Coris julis)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mujer joven y virgen. 2. Sirvienta cuyas actividades son ajenas a la cocina de la 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 doncella
- doncellas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce doncella?
- /donˈθeʝa/
- [d̪õn̟ˈθe.ʝa]
- [d̪õnˈseʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to doncella
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is doncella in Spanish?
doncella appears 2.9 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).