hondonada
Spanish, noun/ondoˈnada/
hondonada is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “low valley, gully, rift valley” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Área de terreno plano que se encuentra hundido en comparación con su alrededor”.
What does hondonada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelow valley, gully, rift valley
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Área de terreno plano que se encuentra hundido en comparación con su alrededor.
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 hondonada
- hondonadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hondonada?
- /ondoˈnada/
- [õn̪.d̪oˈna.ð̞a]
- [õn̪d̪oˈnað̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hondonada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hondonada in Spanish?
hondonada appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).