norma
Spanish, noun
norma is spelled N-O-R-M-A (5 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,774th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Norma is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “rule, norm, standard, touchstone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of normar. With an accent, normá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of normar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Escuadra de los carpinteros, canteros y otros artesanos”.
What does norma mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerule, norm, standard, touchstone
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of normar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Escuadra de los carpinteros, canteros y otros artesanos. 2. Conjunto de estándares que le otorgan a un producto una calidad uniforme. 3. Conjunto de métodos de obligatorio cumplimiento para el buen desenvolvimiento en algún ámbito. 4. Conjunto de criterios que conforman el lenguajes estándar.
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 norma
- normas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to norma
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is norma in Spanish?
norma appears 30 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).