zanahoria
Spanish, noun/θanaˈoɾja/
zanahoria is spelled Z-A-N-A-H-O-R-I-A (9 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,054th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zanahoria is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “carrot (root vegetable, usually orange)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Daucus carota) Planta herbácea bienal, de la familia de las apiáceas, que se cultiva desde finales del I…”.
What does zanahoria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecarrot (root vegetable, usually orange)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Daucus carota) Planta herbácea bienal, de la familia de las apiáceas, que se cultiva desde finales del I milenio por su raíz comestible, de forma cónica y color habitualmente anaranjado. Es una hierba de hasta 1 m de altura, con las hojas tri- o bipinnadas, el tallo ligeramente pubescente, y densas umbelas de pequeñas flores blancas. La raíz es ligeramente dulce, rica en betacaroteno, y se consum 2. Por antonomasia, la raíz de esta planta usada en gastronomía
noun: 1. Persona corta de luces o falta de habilidad mundana
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 zanahoria
- zanahorias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zanahoria?
- /θanaˈoɾja/
- [θa.naˈo.ɾja]
- /sanaˈoɾja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zanahoria
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zanahoria in Spanish?
zanahoria appears 3.0 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).