microcuenca
Spanish, noun/mikɾoˈkwenka/
microcuenca is spelled M-I-C-R-O-C-U-E-N-C-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish, the 169,030th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Microcuenca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “micro-watershed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Terreno delimitado por las partes altas de una montaña, donde se concentra el agua lluvia que es consumida…”.
What does microcuenca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemicro-watershed
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Terreno delimitado por las partes altas de una montaña, donde se concentra el agua lluvia que es consumida por el suelo para luego desplazarse por un cauce y desembocar en una quebrada, río o lago.
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 microcuenca
- microcuencas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce microcuenca?
- /mikɾoˈkwenka/
- [mi.kɾoˈkwẽŋ.ka]
- [mikɾoˈkwẽŋka]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is microcuenca in Spanish?
microcuenca appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).