pitaya
Spanish, noun/piˈtaʝa/
pitaya is spelled P-I-T-A-Y-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish, the 148,939th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pitaya is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “alternative form of pitahaya (“dragon fruit”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Grafía alternativa de pitahaya”.
What does pitaya mean in English?
noun
- 1
Mexicofemininealternative form of pitahaya (“dragon fruit”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grafía alternativa de pitahaya.
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 pitaya
- pitayas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pitaya?
- /piˈtaʝa/
- [piˈt̪a.ʝa]
- [piˈt̪aʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pitaya in Spanish?
pitaya appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).