garduña
Spanish, noun/ɡaɾˈduɲa/
garduña is spelled G-A-R-D-U-Ñ-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish, the 144,191st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Garduña is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “beech marten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Martes foina) Mamífero carnicero, de unos tres decímetros de largo, cabeza pequeña, orejas redondas, cuello…”.
What does garduña mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebeech marten
- 2
colloquialfemininea disorderly crowd; a rabble; a mob
- 3
colloquialfemininea game in which a person scrambles or throws something at random for others to compete
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Martes foina) Mamífero carnicero, de unos tres decímetros de largo, cabeza pequeña, orejas redondas, cuello largo, patas cortas, pelo castaño por el lomo, pardo en la cola y blanco en la gorja y pecho. Es nocturno y muy perjudicial, porque destruye las crías de muchos animales útiles. 2. Multitud desordenada de personas. 3. Juego infantil que consiste en lanzar cosas a la arrebatiña.
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 garduña
- garduñas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce garduña?
- /ɡaɾˈduɲa/
- [ɡaɾˈð̞u.ɲa]
- [gaɾˈð̞uɲa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is garduña in Spanish?
garduña appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).