hortensia
Spanish, noun/oɾˈtensja/
hortensia is spelled H-O-R-T-E-N-S-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,113th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hortensia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “hydrangea” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Arbusto de la familia de las saxifragáceas, con tallos ramosos de un metro de altura aprox., hojas elípticas…”.
What does hortensia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehydrangea
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arbusto de la familia de las saxifragáceas, con tallos ramosos de un metro de altura aprox., hojas elípticas, agudas, opuestas, color verde brillante, y flores hermosas, en corimbos terminales, con corola rosa o azulada, que va poco a poco perdiendo color hasta quedar casi blanca. Originaria del Japón. 2. Flor de la hortensia.
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 hortensia
- hortensias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hortensia?
- /oɾˈtensja/
- [oɾˈt̪ẽn.sja]
- [oɾˈt̪ẽnsja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hortensia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hortensia in Spanish?
hortensia appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).