fanega
Spanish, noun/faˈneɡa/
fanega is spelled F-A-N-E-G-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 121,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fanega is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “English or American bushel (a dry measure)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Medida de volumen tradicional de España, para granos, legumbres y otros áridos, equivalente a 55,5 litros o…”.
What does fanega mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineEnglish or American bushel (a dry measure)
- 2
femininefanega (a dry measure roughly equivalent to 12 imperial bushels or 55.5 liters)
- 3
femininefanega (a traditional measure of land area equivalent to the amount of land that could be sown with a fanega of seed)
- 4
femininefanega (a traditional measure of land area equivalent to about 6440 m²)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Medida de volumen tradicional de España, para granos, legumbres y otros áridos, equivalente a 55,5 litros o doce celemines en Castilla (varía por región). 2. Cantidad de granos o áridos que cabe en una fanega₁. 3. Cantidad equivalente a 20 cajuelas de cerezas de café, cada una de unos 12,9 kilogramos, para un peso total de 258 kilos, produciendo un saco de aproximadamente 46 kg de café oro (seco, listo para la exportación).
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 fanega
- fanegas plural
- hanega alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fanega?
- /faˈneɡa/
- [faˈne.ɣ̞a]
- [faˈneɣ̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fanega
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fanega in Spanish?
fanega appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).