mandioca
Spanish, noun/manˈdjoka/
mandioca is spelled M-A-N-D-I-O-C-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 44,034th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mandioca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “manioc plant, tuber, and starch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Manihot esculenta) Arbusto de la familia de las euforbiáceas de dos a tres metros de altura, originario de…”.
What does mandioca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemanioc plant, tuber, and starch
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Manihot esculenta) Arbusto de la familia de las euforbiáceas de dos a tres metros de altura, originario de América del Sur, pero ampliamente cultivado en regiones tropicales y subtropicales de cuya raíz se extrae la tapioca. 2. Raíz de este arbusto, que tiene forma de tubérculo y es empleada como alimento en diversas regiones del mundo, especialmente en Suramérica y el Caribe. 3. Fécula extraída de la raíz de la mandioca₁.
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 mandioca
- mandiocas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mandioca?
- /manˈdjoka/
- [mãn̪ˈd̪jo.ka]
- [mãn̪ˈd̪joka]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mandioca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mandioca in Spanish?
mandioca appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).