menina
Spanish, noun/meˈnina/
menina is spelled M-E-N-I-N-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 89,640th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menina is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “a court maid of honour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mujer puesta desde corta edad al servicio cortesano de la reina o su descendencia femenina”.
What does menina mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea court maid of honour
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mujer puesta desde corta edad al servicio cortesano de la reina o su descendencia femenina.
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 menina
- meninas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce menina?
- /meˈnina/
- [meˈni.na]
- [meˈnina]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is menina in Spanish?
menina appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).