fóvea
Spanish, noun/ˈfobea/
fóvea is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “fovea (the retinal fovea, or fovea centralis, responsible for sharp central vision)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Área de la retina donde se enfocan los rayos luminosos, responsable de la nitidez de la visión central”.
What does fóvea mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefovea (the retinal fovea, or fovea centralis, responsible for sharp central vision)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Área de la retina donde se enfocan los rayos luminosos, responsable de la nitidez de la visión central.
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 fóvea
- fóveas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fóvea?
- /ˈfobea/
- [ˈfo.β̞e.a]
- [ˈfoβ̞ea]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fóvea in Spanish?
fóvea appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).