mandorla
Spanish, noun/manˈdoɾla/
mandorla is spelled M-A-N-D-O-R-L-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written Spanish, the 234,430th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mandorla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “mandorla” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “En el arte medieval, óvalo o marco con forma de almendra que rodeaba personajes sagrados, como el Cristo en…”.
What does mandorla mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemandorla
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. En el arte medieval, óvalo o marco con forma de almendra que rodeaba personajes sagrados, como el Cristo en majestad o pantocrátor o la Virgen María también mayestática.
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 mandorla
- mandorlas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mandorla?
- /manˈdoɾla/
- [mãn̪ˈd̪oɾ.la]
- [mãn̪ˈd̪oɾla]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mandorla in Spanish?
mandorla appears about once in every 44 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).