minerva
Spanish, noun/miˈneɾba/
minerva is spelled M-I-N-E-R-V-A (7 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 25,151st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Minerva is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “neck brace” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Soporte ortopédico que se usa para tratar fracturas en la zona del cuello o la columna”.
What does minerva mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineneck brace
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Soporte ortopédico que se usa para tratar fracturas en la zona del cuello o la columna. 2. Mente. 3. Especie de máquina tipográfica de pequeñas dimensiones empleada durante el siglo 19, de la cual se hicieron muchos modelos comerciales.
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 minerva
- minervas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce minerva?
- /miˈneɾba/
- [miˈneɾ.β̞a]
- [miˈneɾβ̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to minerva
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is minerva in Spanish?
minerva appears 1.7 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).