epífita
Spanish, noun
epífita is spelled E-P-Í-F-I-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish, the 182,048th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Epífita is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “epiphyte” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, epifita is a different word: “alternative form of epífita”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Planta que crece sobre otro vegetal, pero no lo parasita, sino que lo usa solamente como soporte”.
What does epífita mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineepiphyte
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of epífita
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of epifito
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de epífita.
noun: 1. Planta que crece sobre otro vegetal, pero no lo parasita, sino que lo usa solamente como soporte.
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 epífita
- epifitas plural
- epífitas plural
- epifita alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to epífita
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is epífita in Spanish?
epífita appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).