vértebra
Spanish, noun
vértebra is spelled V-É-R-T-E-B-R-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 46,983rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vértebra is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “vertebra” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, vertebra is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative”. With an accent, vertebrá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of vertebrar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hueso o cartílago que conforma la columna vertebral”.
What does vértebra mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevertebra
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of vertebrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hueso o cartílago que conforma la columna vertebral.
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 vértebra
- vértebras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vértebra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vértebra in Spanish?
vértebra appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).