pruina
Spanish, noun[ˈpɾwina]
pruina is spelled P-R-U-I-N-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written Spanish, the 317,902nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pruina is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “pruina” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Revestimiento céreo, muy tenue de muchos tallos y frutos”.
What does pruina mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepruina
- 2
datedfemininefrost
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Revestimiento céreo, muy tenue de muchos tallos y frutos. 2. Cubierta a manera de fino polvo que da la apariencia de fino esmerilado que cubre la pared del cuerpo de ciertos insectos. (Torre Bueno 1950)
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 pruina
- pruinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pruina?
- [ˈpɾwina]
- [pɾuˈina]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pruina
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pruina in Spanish?
pruina appears about once in every 85 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).