metafase
Spanish, noun[met̪aˈfase]
metafase is spelled M-E-T-A-F-A-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish, the 187,919th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Metafase is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “metaphase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Fase de la división celular del tipo mitosis y de la meiosis que sucede a la profase. En esta los cromosomas…”.
What does metafase mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fase de la división celular del tipo mitosis y de la meiosis que sucede a la profase. En esta los cromosomas condensados, que llevan la información genética, se alinean en el centro de la célula antes de separarse en dos células hijas.
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 metafase
- metafases plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce metafase?
- [met̪aˈfase]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to metafase
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is metafase in Spanish?
metafase appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).