obra
Spanish, noun
obra is spelled O-B-R-A (4 letters) and appears 186 times per million words in written Spanish, the 447th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obra is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “work (usually literary or artistic)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of obrar. With an accent, obrá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of obrar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Resultado de un trabajo”.
What does obra mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininework (usually literary or artistic)
obra de arte
- 2
feminineconstruction
carretera en obras
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of obrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Resultado de un trabajo. 2. lugar donde se construye y situará una edificación. 3. Efecto de obrar, hacer. 4. Resultado del trabajo de un artista.
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 obra
- obras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to obra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is obra in Spanish?
obra appears 186 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).