micela
Spanish, noun/miˈθela/
micela is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “micelle (a colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Agregado de moléculas lipídicas anfipáticas tensioactivas dispersas en un líquido, lo que resulta en una…”.
What does micela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemicelle (a colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentration)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Agregado de moléculas lipídicas anfipáticas tensioactivas dispersas en un líquido, lo que resulta en una suspensión coloidal.
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 micela
- micelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce micela?
- /miˈθela/
- [miˈθe.la]
- /miˈsela/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to micela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is micela in Spanish?
micela appears about once in every 62 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).