fauna
Spanish, noun/ˈfauna/
fauna is spelled F-A-U-N-A (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,995th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fauna is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “fauna” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conjunto de animales de una zona, país o región determinada”.
What does fauna mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefauna
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conjunto de animales de una zona, país o región determinada. 2. Cualquier publicación que cataloga a la fauna₁.
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 fauna
- faunas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fauna?
- /ˈfauna/
- [ˈfau̯.na]
- [ˈfawna]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fauna
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fauna in Spanish?
fauna appears 10 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).