abarca
Spanish, noun
abarca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “sandal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of abarcar. With an accent, abarcá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of abarcar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Calzado rústico hecho de cuero de res vacuna, caballo, etcétera que cubre la planta, los dedos o la mayor…”.
What does abarca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesandal
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of abarcar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Calzado rústico hecho de cuero de res vacuna, caballo, etcétera que cubre la planta, los dedos o la mayor parte del pie y se ata con cuerdas o correas sobre el empeine y el tobillo. 2. Zueco.
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 abarca
- abarcas plural
- albarca alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is abarca in Spanish?
abarca appears 11 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).