duramen
Spanish, noun/duˈɾamen/
duramen is spelled D-U-R-A-M-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish, the 178,154th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Duramen is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “heartwood; duramen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Parte central del tronco o las ramas gruesas de un árbol, de color más oscuro, que tuvo un proceso de…”.
What does duramen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineheartwood; duramen
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parte central del tronco o las ramas gruesas de un árbol, de color más oscuro, que tuvo un proceso de lignificación y proporciona a la estructura la resistencia suficiente para soportar el peso de las ramas y el follaje.
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 duramen
- durámenes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce duramen?
- /duˈɾamen/
- [d̪uˈɾa.mẽn]
- [d̪uˈɾamẽn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to duramen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is duramen in Spanish?
duramen appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).