magdalena
Spanish, noun/maɡdaˈlena/
magdalena is spelled M-A-G-D-A-L-E-N-A (9 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,830th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Magdalena is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “madeleine (cake)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Bollo de masa de bizcocho normalmente presentado en un molde de papel acanalado”.
What does magdalena mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemadeleine (cake)
- 2
femininecupcake
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bollo de masa de bizcocho normalmente presentado en un molde de papel acanalado
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 magdalena
- magdalenas plural
- madalena alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce magdalena?
- /maɡdaˈlena/
- [maɣ̞.ð̞aˈle.na]
- /madaˈlena/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to magdalena
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is magdalena in Spanish?
magdalena appears 8.9 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).