nómina
Spanish, noun
nómina is spelled N-Ó-M-I-N-A (6 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,985th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nómina is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “payroll” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, nomina is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative”. With an accent, nominá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of nominar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lista, catálogo”.
What does nómina mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepayroll
- 2
femininesalary
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of nominar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lista, catálogo. 2. Sueldo, salario, estipendio.
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 nómina
- nóminas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to nómina
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nómina in Spanish?
nómina appears 5.6 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).