úlcera
Spanish, noun
úlcera is spelled Ú-L-C-E-R-A (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 30,367th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Úlcera is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “ulcer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, ulcera is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative”. With an accent, ulcerá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of ulcerar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lesión en la piel o en las mucosas, poco propensa a cicatrizar, que adopta forma de cráter y se acompaña de…”.
What does úlcera mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineulcer
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of ulcerar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lesión en la piel o en las mucosas, poco propensa a cicatrizar, que adopta forma de cráter y se acompaña de inflamación y a veces infección. 2. Lesión en la parte leñosa de una planta que causa un daño progresivo, y por la cual exuda savia corrompida.
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 úlcera
- úlceras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to úlcera
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is úlcera in Spanish?
úlcera appears 1.3 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).