larva
Spanish, noun/ˈlaɾba/
larva is spelled L-A-R-V-A (5 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 32,530th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Larva is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “larva” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Fase juvenil en el desarrollo de los animales con desarrollo indirecto (metamorfosis)”.
What does larva mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelarva
- 2
feminineobsoleteghost
- 3
colloquialfemininefreeloader
Juan es un larva.
adjective
- 1
colloquialfemininemasculinefreeloading
Hay muchas personas larvas aquí.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fase juvenil en el desarrollo de los animales con desarrollo indirecto (metamorfosis).
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 larva
- larvas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce larva?
- /ˈlaɾba/
- [ˈlaɾ.β̞a]
- [ˈlaɾβ̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to larva
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is larva in Spanish?
larva appears 1.1 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).