galerna
Spanish, noun[gaˈleɾna]
galerna is spelled G-A-L-E-R-N-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 101,597th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Galerna is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “a cold, humid northwesterly wind, northwesterly gale” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Viento intenso y frío que sopla desde el noroeste en la costa septentrional de España”.
What does galerna mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea cold, humid northwesterly wind, northwesterly gale
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Viento intenso y frío que sopla desde el noroeste en la costa septentrional de España. 2. Ráfaga de aire súbita y violenta de carácter intermitente.
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 galerna
- galernas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce galerna?
- [gaˈleɾna]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is galerna in Spanish?
galerna appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).