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entena

Spanish, noun/enˈtena/

entena is spelled E-N-T-E-N-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish, the 210,939th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entena is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “a yard on a lateen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Vara o palo encorvado y muy largo al cual está asegurada la vela latina en las embarcaciones de esta clase”.

What does entena mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininea yard on a lateen

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Vara o palo encorvado y muy largo al cual está asegurada la vela latina en las embarcaciones de esta clase.

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 entena

  • entenas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce entena?

  • /enˈtena/
  • [ẽn̪ˈt̪e.na]
  • [ẽn̪ˈt̪ena]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to entena

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is entena in Spanish?

entena appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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