recluta
Spanish, noun
recluta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “recruitment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of reclutar. With an accent, reclutá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of reclutar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción y efecto de alistar personas en las fuerzas armadas”.
What does recluta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerecruitment
noun
- 1
femininemasculinerecruit
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of reclutar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción y efecto de alistar personas en las fuerzas armadas.
noun: 1. Persona que, por decisión propia o conscripción, se alista en unas fuerzas armadas con grado de soldado. 2. Individuo que ha ingresado en el servicio militar y aún no ha jurado bandera. 3. Individuo que pasa a formar parte de cualquier colectivo.
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 recluta
- reclutas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to recluta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is recluta in Spanish?
recluta appears 1.7 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).