gleba
Spanish, noun/ˈɡleba/
gleba is spelled G-L-E-B-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 122,511th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gleba is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “clod (lump of earth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Terrón que se levanta con el arado”.
What does gleba mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineclod (lump of earth)
- 2
femininearable land; soil
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Terrón que se levanta con el arado. 2. Terreno cubierto de césped. 3. Tierra cultivable. 4. parte central del cuerpo fructífero de los Gasteromycetes, se compone de una sección himeniífera fértil donde se producen las basidiosporas y una sección estéril con un seudotejido entramado.
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 gleba
- glebas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gleba?
- /ˈɡleba/
- [ˈɡle.β̞a]
- [ˈgleβ̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gleba
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gleba in Spanish?
gleba appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).