muña
Spanish, noun
muña is spelled M-U-Ñ-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 83,712th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Muña is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “Minthostachys spp., especially Minthostachys mollis, Minthostachys setosa and Minthostachys andina” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of muñir. Without its tilde, muna is a different word: “first/third-person singular present subjunctive”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Minthostachys mollis) Planta arbustiva leñosa que alcanza de 80 a 120 cm de altura, es frondosa en la parte…”.
What does muña mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineMinthostachys spp., especially Minthostachys mollis, Minthostachys setosa and Minthostachys andina
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Minthostachys mollis) Planta arbustiva leñosa que alcanza de 80 a 120 cm de altura, es frondosa en la parte superior. Su tallo es ramificado desde la base y posee hojas pequeñas. Sus flores son blancas y se encuentran reunidas en cortos racimos.
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 muña
- muñas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is muña in Spanish?
muña appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).