pacaya
Spanish, noun/paˈkaʝa/
pacaya is spelled P-A-C-A-Y-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 99,300th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pacaya is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “Costa Rican bamboo palm (Chamaedorea costaricana)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pacaya mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineCosta Rican bamboo palm (Chamaedorea costaricana)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of pacaya
- pacayas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pacaya?
- /paˈkaʝa/
- [paˈka.ʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pacaya in Spanish?
pacaya appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).