pitahaya
Spanish, noun/pitaˈaʝa/
pitahaya is spelled P-I-T-A-H-A-Y-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 119,889th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pitahaya is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “pitaya, dragon fruit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Selenicereus) Un fruto de ciertas plantas cactáceas originarias de América”.
What does pitahaya mean in English?
noun
- 1
Latin-Americafemininepitaya, dragon fruit
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Selenicereus) Un fruto de ciertas plantas cactáceas originarias de América.
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 pitahaya
- pitahayas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pitahaya?
- /pitaˈaʝa/
- [pi.t̪aˈa.ʝa]
- [pit̪aˈaʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pitahaya in Spanish?
pitahaya appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).