gluten
Spanish, noun/ˈɡluten/
gluten is spelled G-L-U-T-E-N (6 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,282nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gluten is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “gluten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pegamento pastoso”.
What does gluten mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegluten
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pegamento pastoso. 2. Proteína, compuesta de una glutelina y una prolamina, insoluble en agua, que junto con el almidón conforma la mayor parte del contenido de las semillas de los cereales. Es capaz de formar redes muy elásticas, por lo que desempeña un papel esencial en la elaboración de masas gastronómicas.
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 gluten
- glútenes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gluten?
- /ˈɡluten/
- [ˈɡlu.t̪ẽn]
- [ˈglut̪ẽn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gluten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gluten in Spanish?
gluten appears 2.0 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).