How to Say "Clover" in Spanish

trébol

/ˈtɾebol/masculine

The Spanish word for clover is trébol.

trébol refers to plants in the genus Trifolium.

Meaning: plant in genus Trifolium (noun)

How do you pronounce it?

/ˈtɾebol/

In Spanish, the word trébol can also be used in the context of card games to refer to the 'clubs' suit.
The word trébol was influenced by the Old Catalan word trèvol before it became the standard term in modern Spanish.
The root of trébol comes from the Latin 'tri' for 'three' and 'folium' for 'leaf'. This mirrors the structure of the English word 'portfolio', which also comes from 'folium'.

Meg encontró un trébol de cuatro hojas.
Meg found a four leaf clover.
This sentence shows how to describe a four leaf clover using trébol.
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Tom encontró un trébol de cuatro hojas.
Tom found a four-leaf clover.
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El trébol es un buen cultivo de cobertura.
Clover makes a good cover crop.
This sentence shows how to describe clover as a cover crop using trébol.
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Mi abuela tiene un jardín lleno de tréboles.
My grandmother has a garden full of clovers.
Observé un bonito trébol de cuatro hojas en el parque.
I spotted a beautiful four-leaf clover in the park.
Mira ese pequeño trébolillo en el suelo.
Look at that little clover on the ground.
En México les llamamos trebolillos a los tréboles comunes.
In Mexico, we call common clovers 'trebolillos'.
1 more sentence on Tatoeba

María and Javier are walking through a meadow.

Sources

Wiktionary, “clover” translations and entries trébol, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
Word origins: Wiktionary entries trébol, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.

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