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forma

Spanish, noun

forma is spelled F-O-R-M-A (5 letters) and appears 589 times per million words in written Spanish, the 139th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Forma is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “shape; form; figure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of formar. With an accent, formá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of formar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Apariencia, figura, disposición, configuración, silueta o estructura externa y visible de algo”.

What does forma mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineshape; form; figure

  2. 2

    feminineway; manner

    ¡Tiene que haber otra forma!

  3. 3

    femininebasis; method

  4. 4

    Latin-Americafeminineform (“sheet to fill out”)

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as formá
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of formar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Apariencia, figura, disposición, configuración, silueta o estructura externa y visible de algo. 2. Molde con el que se crea o genera la forma₁ de algo. 3. Modo o manera específicos en que algo se hace, aparece, procede, funciona o sucede. 4. Conjunto de características, especificaciones o requisitos que tiene una cosa elaborada para un fin determinado, tales como impresos, documentos, discos, obras musicales o de ingeniería, leyes, ceremonias, etc.

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 forma

  • formas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to forma

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is forma in Spanish?

forma appears 589 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).

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