ensenada
Spanish, noun
ensenada is spelled E-N-S-E-N-A-D-A (8 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,797th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ensenada is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “cove” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a tilde, enseñada is a different word: “feminine singular of enseñado”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Recodo con forma de seno, entrando el mar en la tierra”.
What does ensenada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecove
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of enseñado
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of enseñado
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Recodo con forma de seno, entrando el mar en la tierra. 2. Lugar cerrado para criar animales.
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 ensenada
- ensenadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ensenada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ensenada in Spanish?
ensenada appears 3.4 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).