leña
Spanish, noun
leña is spelled L-E-Ñ-A (4 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,091st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leña is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “firewood, wood (pieces of wood gathered to burn as fuel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of leñar. With a tilde, leñá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of leñar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Trozos de madera destinados para arder y así crear un fuego”.
What does leña mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefirewood, wood (pieces of wood gathered to burn as fuel)
- 2
femininekindling
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of leñar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Trozos de madera destinados para arder y así crear un fuego. 2. Paliza, castigo.
noun: 1. Mujer lasciva que encubre una relación amorosa ilícita.
noun: 1. Vigor, aliento.
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 leña
- leñas plural
- lenas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to leña
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is leña in Spanish?
leña appears 7.2 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).