liña
Spanish, noun/ˈliɲa/
liña is spelled L-I-Ñ-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written Spanish, the 249,533rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Liña is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “clothesline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Porción o fibra de hilo, tan fina que puede pasarse por el ojo de una aguja”.
What does liña mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicfemininealternative form of línea (“line”)
- 2
feminineclothesline
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante obsoleta de línea (en sus diferentes acepciones). 2. Porción o fibra de hilo, tan fina que puede pasarse por el ojo de una aguja.
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 liña
- liñas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce liña?
- /ˈliɲa/
- [ˈli.ɲa]
- [ˈliɲa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to liña
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is liña in Spanish?
liña appears about once in every 50 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).