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nutria

Spanish, noun

nutria is spelled N-U-T-R-I-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 42,860th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nutria is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “otter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, nutría is a different word: “first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of nutrir”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Familia Lutrinae) Cualquiera de trece especies de mamíferos carnívoros mustélidos, de hábitos acuáticos y…”.

What does nutria mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineotter

  2. 2

    femininenutria, coypu

verb

as nutría
  1. 1

    first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of nutrir

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. (Familia Lutrinae) Cualquiera de trece especies de mamíferos carnívoros mustélidos, de hábitos acuáticos y cuerpo fusiforme, de tamaño variable según la especie. Poseen un tupido pelaje impermeable y muy fino, que les permite conservar el calor del cuerpo, y una cola larga, que los ayuda en la natación. Son voraces predadores. 2. La piel de este animal. 3. (Myocastor coypus Molina) Por analogía, especie de roedor natural de Argentina y Chile. Es un equimíido de gran talla, hasta 10 kilos de peso, con cola larga y escamosa. El áspero pelo superior recubre un vello inferior de considerable valor comercial en peletería. Es de hábitos nocturnos.

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 nutria

  • nutrias plural
  • lutria alternative
  • nutra alternative
  • ludria alternative Spain

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to nutria

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is nutria in Spanish?

nutria appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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