platea
Spanish, noun
platea is spelled P-L-A-T-E-A (6 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 32,109th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Platea is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “stalls/orchestra seats (of a theatre)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of platear. With an accent, plateá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of platear”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Área del teatro cubierta con asientos para los espectadores, que no está en un nivel elevado como los…”.
What does platea mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestalls/orchestra seats (of a theatre)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of platear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Área del teatro cubierta con asientos para los espectadores, que no está en un nivel elevado como los balcones o galerías. 2. En sentido más específico, es la zona privilegiada de la tribuna de un estadio, en donde hay un asiento por cada espectador, contraponiéndose a la popular.
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 platea
- plateas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to platea
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is platea in Spanish?
platea 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).