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pepena

Spanish, noun

pepena is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “collecting, gathering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of pepenar. With an accent, pepená is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of pepenar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción y efecto de pepenar”.

What does pepena mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Mexicofemininecollecting, gathering

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as pepená
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of pepenar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Acción y efecto de pepenar.

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 pepena

  • pepenas plural

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

How common is pepena in Spanish?

pepena appears about once in every 55 million words in written Spanish.

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