escanda
Spanish, noun/esˈkanda/
escanda is spelled E-S-C-A-N-D-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish, the 158,678th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escanda is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “emmer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of escandir. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Especie de trigo, propia de países fríos y terrenos pobres, de paja dura y corta, y cuyo grano se separa…”.
What does escanda mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineemmer
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Especie de trigo, propia de países fríos y terrenos pobres, de paja dura y corta, y cuyo grano se separa difícilmente del cascabillo.
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 escanda
- escandas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escanda?
- /esˈkanda/
- [esˈkãn̪.d̪a]
- [esˈkãn̪d̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escanda
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escanda in Spanish?
escanda appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).