monta
Spanish, noun
monta is spelled M-O-N-T-A (5 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 11,726th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Monta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “riding” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of montar. With an accent, montá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of montar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de montar”.
What does monta mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineriding
- 2
femininemounting
- 3
femininetotal, sum total
- 4
feminineimportance
de poca monta
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of montar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de montar. 2. Sitio en que los caballos y borricos cubren a las yeguas. 3. Tiempo en que las cubren. 4. Suma de varias partidas.
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 monta
- montas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is monta in Spanish?
monta appears 5.1 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).