placenta
Spanish, noun/plaˈθenta/
placenta is spelled P-L-A-C-E-N-T-A (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 33,452nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Placenta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “placenta” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Órgano muy vascularizado en la pared del útero que sirve para la implantanción y alimentación del feto a…”.
What does placenta mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplacenta
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Órgano muy vascularizado en la pared del útero que sirve para la implantanción y alimentación del feto a través del cordón umbilical que los une. Es propio de los mamíferos placentarios. 2. Serie de nervios del ovario donde se forman los rudimentos seminales y que se unen a ellos mediante un filamento, el funículo o cordón umbilical.
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 placenta
- placentas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce placenta?
- /plaˈθenta/
- [plaˈθẽn̪.t̪a]
- /plaˈsenta/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to placenta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is placenta in Spanish?
placenta appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).