esparto
Spanish, noun
esparto is spelled E-S-P-A-R-T-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,113th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esparto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “esparto (grass)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of espartar. With an accent, espartó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of espartar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Stipa tenacissima) Planta gramínea, natural de la península ibérica y el norte de África, de hasta 1 m de…”.
What does esparto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineesparto (grass)
- 2
masculineOne of the Spartoi
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of espartar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of espartar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Stipa tenacissima) Planta gramínea, natural de la península ibérica y el norte de África, de hasta 1 m de altura, hojas filiformes y muy duras, con flores en panoja. Se utiliza para fabricar sogas, esteras, pasta para fabricar papel, tripe que es un tejido parecido al terciopelo, etc. 2. Hojas de esta planta, empleadas en la industria para hacer sogas, esteras, tripe y pasta para fabricar papel. 3. Fibra de esta planta, usada como textil basto.
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 esparto
- espartos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to esparto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esparto in Spanish?
esparto appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).