masa
Spanish, noun
masa is spelled M-A-S-A (4 letters) and appears 43 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,020th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Masa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “dough” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of masar. With an accent, masá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of masar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sustancia blanda que puede fácilmente moldearse, y que es producida de la mezcla de líquidos y polvos”.
What does masa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedough
- 2
femininemass
- 3
femininedrove (large amount)
en masa
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of masar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sustancia blanda que puede fácilmente moldearse, y que es producida de la mezcla de líquidos y polvos. 2. Harina con agua y, generalmente, levadura, que se usa en pastelería y panadería. 3. Gran cantidad de cosas, que se hallan muy juntas unas de otras. 4. Conjunto de personas sin coordinación, en oposición a comunidad o sociedad, conjuntos de personas regidos por un orden.
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 masa
- masas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to masa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is masa in Spanish?
masa appears 43 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).