mezquita
Spanish, noun/meθˈkita/
mezquita is spelled M-E-Z-Q-U-I-T-A (8 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,279th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mezquita is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “mosque (place of worship for Muslims)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Templo musulmán”.
What does mezquita mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemosque (place of worship for Muslims)
- 2
feminineobsoletea Native American (especially Aztec) religious site (during the Spanish conquest of the Americas)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Templo musulmán.
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 mezquita
- mezquitas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mezquita?
- /meθˈkita/
- [meθˈki.t̪a]
- /mesˈkita/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mezquita
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mezquita in Spanish?
mezquita appears 6.2 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).