manduca
Spanish, noun
manduca is spelled M-A-N-D-U-C-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 141,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manduca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “grub; chow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of manducar. With an accent, manducá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of manducar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Comida, alimento”.
What does manduca mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininegrub; chow
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of manducar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Comida, alimento. 2. Acto de comer.
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 manduca
- manducas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to manduca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is manduca in Spanish?
manduca appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).