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ordeña

Spanish, noun

ordeña is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “milking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of ordeñar. Without its tilde, ordena is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative”. With an accent, ordená is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of ordenar”. With a tilde, ordeñá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of ordeñar”.

What does ordeña mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemilking

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as ordena
  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as ordená
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of ordenar

verb

as ordeñá
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of ordeñar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of ordeña

  • ordeñas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is ordeña in Spanish?

ordeña appears 9.8 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).