sentina
Spanish, noun/senˈtina/
sentina is spelled S-E-N-T-I-N-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 106,207th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sentina is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “bilge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cavidad ubicada en el compartimento más bajo de una nave, donde confluyen todas las aguas que se filtran por…”.
What does sentina mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebilge
- 2
femininehovel; hole
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cavidad ubicada en el compartimento más bajo de una nave, donde confluyen todas las aguas que se filtran por los costados y por la cubierta, que más tarde se expulsan mediante bombeo. 2. Lugar lleno de inmundicias y mal olor. 3. Lugar donde abundan o de donde se propagan la inmoralidad o los vicios.
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 sentina
- sentinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sentina?
- /senˈtina/
- [sẽn̪ˈt̪i.na]
- [sẽn̪ˈt̪ina]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sentina
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sentina in Spanish?
sentina appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).