especie
Spanish, noun
especie is spelled E-S-P-E-C-I-E (7 letters) and appears 79 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,113th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Especie is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “species” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of especiar. With an accent, especié is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of especiar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conjunto de cosas que tienen atributos en común”.
What does especie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespecies
- 2
femininetype, sort, kind
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of especiar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conjunto de cosas que tienen atributos en común. 2. En particular, conjunto de individuos, con características semejantes, capaces de cruzarse entre sí y crear descendencia fértil. En taxonomía, cada uno de los elementos de que consta un género. 3. Esencia, idea, forma. 4. Sustancia.
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 especie
- especies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to especie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is especie in Spanish?
especie appears 79 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).