lenteja
Spanish, noun/lenˈtexa/
lenteja is spelled L-E-N-T-E-J-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 60,585th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lenteja is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “lentil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Lens culinaris) Planta anual herbácea, de la familia de las Papilionáceas, con tallos de tres a cuatro…”.
What does lenteja mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelentil
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Lens culinaris) Planta anual herbácea, de la familia de las Papilionáceas, con tallos de tres a cuatro decímetros, endebles, ramosos y estriados, hojas oblongas, estípulas lanceoladas, zarcillos poco arrollados, flores blancas con venas moradas, sobre un pedúnculo axilar, y fruto en vaina pequeña, con dos o tres semillas pardas en forma de disco de medio centímetro de diámetro aproximadamente. 2. Semilla de la lenteja₁, muy apreciada en la cocina. 3. Lentitud.
adjective: 1. Persona tarda, lenta en obrar.
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 lenteja
- lentejas plural
- lanteja alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lenteja?
- /lenˈtexa/
- [lẽn̪ˈt̪e.xa]
- [lẽn̪ˈt̪exa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lenteja
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lenteja in Spanish?
lenteja appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).