venera
Spanish, noun
venera is spelled V-E-N-E-R-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 37,473rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Venera is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “shell of a scallop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of venerar. With an accent, venerá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of venerar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Concha semicircular de dos valvas, una plana y otra muy convexa, de 10 a 12 centímetros de diámetro, rojizas…”.
What does venera mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshell of a scallop
- 2
femininetype of jewel worn in Spain, including the badges of the Spanish religious confraternities worn by members throughout the 17th century
- 3
femininetype of dessert from Asturias, similar to Linzertorte with rings of marzipan-enriched dough formed to resemble scalloped edges
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of venerar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Concha semicircular de dos valvas, una plana y otra muy convexa, de 10 a 12 centímetros de diámetro, rojizas por fuera y blancas por dentro, con 2 orejuelas laterales y 14 estrías radiales que forman a modo de costillas gruesas. Son de un molusco muy común en los mares de Galicia, y los peregrinos que volvían de Santiago solían traerlas cosidas en las esclavinas.
noun: 1. Variante de venero (manantial).
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 venera
- veneras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to venera
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is venera in Spanish?
venera appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).