parótida
Spanish, noun/paˈɾotida/
parótida is spelled P-A-R-Ó-T-I-D-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish, the 157,080th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parótida is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “parotid gland” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Glándula que segrega saliva en la boca para colaborar con la masticación y digestión de los alimentos. Hay…”.
What does parótida mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineparotid gland
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Glándula que segrega saliva en la boca para colaborar con la masticación y digestión de los alimentos. Hay una delante de cada oreja en la fosa parótida. 2. Tumor inflamatorio que surge en la glándula parótida.
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 parótida
- parótidas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parótida?
- /paˈɾotida/
- [paˈɾo.t̪i.ð̞a]
- [paˈɾot̪ið̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is parótida in Spanish?
parótida appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).