maranta
Spanish, noun/maˈɾanta/
maranta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “arrowroot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Maranta arundinacea) Planta herbácea de la familia de las marantáceas, con hojas lanceoladas de unos 30…”.
What does maranta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininearrowroot
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Maranta arundinacea) Planta herbácea de la familia de las marantáceas, con hojas lanceoladas de unos 30 centimetros de largo; flor blanca; raíz y tubérculo muy apreciados, porque se obtiene de ellos una fécula muy nutritiva.
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 maranta
- marantas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maranta?
- /maˈɾanta/
- [maˈɾãn̪.t̪a]
- [maˈɾãn̪t̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maranta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maranta in Spanish?
maranta appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).