maría
Spanish, noun/maˈɾia/
maría is spelled M-A-R-Í-A (5 letters) and appears 117 times per million words in written Spanish, the 737th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). María is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “magpie (bird)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Galleta dulce, de forma redonda, hecha con harina de trigo, azúcar y aceite y aromatizada con vainilla…”.
What does maría mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemagpie (bird)
- 2
feminineFormer coin of Spain in the 17th century, equivalent to 12 reales de vellón
- 3
feminineMarie biscuit
- 4
colloquialfemininedoss subject (UK); gut course (US, in college)
- 5
colloquialfemininehousewife
- 6
colloquialfeminineuncultured woman
- 7
MexicocolloquialfeminineIndian immigrant from the countryside to Mexico City
noun
- 1
feminineclipping of marihuana (“marijuana”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Antigua moneda de plata, acuñada en España hacia fines del siglo XVII, por orden de la regente Mariana de Austria. 2. Galleta dulce, de forma redonda, hecha con harina de trigo, azúcar y aceite y aromatizada con vainilla, nombrada en honor de la gran duquesa María Alexandrovna de Rusia. 3. Asignatura escolar que ofrece poca dificultad. 4. Vela de color blanco y mayor tamaño con que se remata el tenebrario en el servicio católico de Semana Santa.
noun: 1. (Cannabis sativa indica) Variedad del cáñamo (Cannabis sativa), de escaso valor como textil y alta concentración de tetrahidrocannabinol, cultivada para su uso como narcótico. 2. Picadura de las sumidades floridas de esta planta, utilizada como psicoactivo.
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 maría
- marías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maría?
- /maˈɾia/
- [maˈɾi.a]
- [maˈɾia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maría
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maría in Spanish?
maría appears 117 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).