subasta
Spanish, noun
subasta is spelled S-U-B-A-S-T-A (7 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,416th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Subasta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “auction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of subastar. With an accent, subastá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of subastar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Venta pública de bienes o alhajas que se hace al mejor postor, y regularmente por mandato y con intervención…”.
What does subasta mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineauction
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of subastar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Venta pública de bienes o alhajas que se hace al mejor postor, y regularmente por mandato y con intervención de un juez u otra autoridad. 2. Adjudicación que en la misma forma se hace de una contrata, generalmente de servicio público; como la ejecución de una obra, el suministro de provisiones, etc.
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 subasta
- subastas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to subasta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is subasta in Spanish?
subasta appears 6.9 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).