Alternative forms

• defesa (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Late LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Late Latin#DEHESACategory:Spanish terms derived from Late Latin#DEHESA dēfēnsa, from the feminine of LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Latin#DEHESACategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#DEHESA dēfēnsus (“bounded, defended”), perfect passive participle of dēfendō. Doublet of defensaCategory:Spanish doublets#DEHESA, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈesa/ [d̪eˈe.sa]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#DEHESACategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#DEHESA
• Rhymes: -esaCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/esa#DEHESACategory:Rhymes:Spanish/esa/3 syllables#DEHESA
• Syllabification: de‧he‧sa

Noun

dehesa f (plural dehesas)Category:Spanish lemmas#DEHESACategory:Spanish nouns#DEHESACategory:Spanish countable nouns#DEHESACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#DEHESACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#DEHESACategory:Pages with entries#DEHESACategory:Pages with 1 entry#DEHESA

1. meadow

   Synonym: vega

2. pasture

   Synonym: pasto

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 227:

     A un capataz de la hacienda de mi padre oí contar, hace muchos años, el gran susto que había tenido en cierta ocasión, al verse rodeado súbitamente, en la dehesa en que estaba, de un centenar de animales, entre los cuales había algunas reses bravas, que, sin embargo, se mostraron esta vez tan inofensivas y acobardadas como las mansas.

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Further reading

• “dehesa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025