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  • Checked October 2026

Spanish Labeled Plant Cell

Twenty-two parts of a plant cell in Spanish on one drawing, each with its article.

Spanish Labeled Plant Cell

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  1. la pared celular
  2. la lámina media
  3. la membrana plasmática
  4. los plasmodesmos
  5. el citoplasma
  6. el citoesqueleto
  7. el núcleo
  8. la membrana nuclear
  9. el poro nuclear
  10. el nucléolo
  11. la cromatina
  12. los ribosomas
  13. el retículo endoplasmático rugoso
  14. el retículo endoplasmático liso
  15. el aparato de Golgi
  16. la vesícula
  17. la mitocondria
  18. el cloroplasto
  19. el amiloplasto
  20. la vacuola central
  21. el tonoplasto
  22. el peroxisoma

Drawn for this site, 2026-09-19. Licence: own work.

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  1. la pared celular Cell wall Cell wall. La pared is also the wall of a room.
  2. la membrana plasmática Plasma membrane (cell membrane) Plasma membrane. Also called la membrana celular, the cell membrane.
  3. el citoplasma Cytoplasm Cytoplasm. Masculine although it ends in a.
  4. el núcleo Nucleus Nucleus. The same word is the nucleus of an atom.
  5. los ribosomas Ribosomes Ribosomes. One is un ribosoma: masculine although it ends in a.
  6. la mitocondria Mitochondrion Mitochondrion. The plural is las mitocondrias.
  7. el cloroplasto Chloroplast Chloroplast, where photosynthesis takes place.
  8. la vacuola central Central vacuole Central vacuole. Una vacuola is any vacuole.

Only in plant cells 4

  1. la lámina media Middle lamella Middle lamella, the layer between the walls of two cells. Also la laminilla media.
  2. los plasmodesmos Plasmodesmata (cell-to-cell channels) Plasmodesmata, the channels through the wall. One is un plasmodesmo.
  3. el amiloplasto Amyloplast (starch-storing plastid) Amyloplast, a plastid that holds starch.
  4. el tonoplasto Tonoplast (vacuole membrane) Tonoplast, the membrane around the vacuole.

Boundary and support 1

  1. el citoesqueleto Cytoskeleton Cytoskeleton. El esqueleto is a skeleton.

Nucleus 4

  1. la membrana nuclear Nuclear envelope (nuclear membrane) Nuclear envelope, or nuclear membrane. Also la envoltura nuclear.
  2. el poro nuclear Nuclear pore Nuclear pore. El poro is a pore, as in the skin.
  3. el nucléolo Nucleolus Nucleolus, inside the nucleus. Not the same word as el núcleo.
  4. la cromatina Chromatin Chromatin, the substance of the cell nucleus.

Making and shipping proteins 4

  1. el retículo endoplasmático rugoso Rough endoplasmic reticulum (rough ER) Rough endoplasmic reticulum. Rugoso means coarse or wrinkled.
  2. el retículo endoplasmático liso Smooth endoplasmic reticulum (smooth ER) Smooth endoplasmic reticulum. Liso means smooth.
  3. el aparato de Golgi Golgi apparatus (Golgi body) Golgi apparatus. Also el cuerpo de Golgi, the Golgi body.
  4. la vesícula Vesicle Vesicle. In the body, la vesícula is also the gallbladder.

Energy, storage and cleanup 1

  1. el peroxisoma Peroxisome Peroxisome. Masculine although it ends in a.

How this list was compiled: Every Spanish name, its gender and its meaning was read on 2026-10-08, and each stands in at least two of the sources below. (1) WordReference, Spanish-English (https://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen= followed by the word): pared celular, membrana, citoplasma, núcleo, poro, cromatina, ribosoma, vesícula, mitocondria, cloroplasto, orgánulo, rugoso, liso, esqueleto, célula vegetal and célula animal. (2) SpanishDict (https://www.spanishdict.com/translate/ followed by the word): citoplasma, núcleo, vesícula and mitocondria; it has no dictionary entry for the other names. (3) Cambridge Spanish-English dictionary (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/spanish-english/ followed by the word): citoplasma, ribosoma, vesícula, cloroplasto, vacuola and orgánulo. (4) Glosario hablado de términos genómicos of the U.S. National Human Genome Research Institute (https://www.genome.gov/es/genetics-glossary): Aparato de Golgi (with cuerpo de Golgi), Citoplasma, Membrana plasmática (with membrana celular and pared celular), Membrana nuclear, Mitocondria, Núcleo celular, Nucléolo, Poro nuclear, Retículo endoplasmático (rugoso), Ribosoma and Vacuola. (5) Atlas de Histología Vegetal y Animal of the University of Vigo, section La célula (https://mmegias.webs.uvigo.es/5-celulas/1-introduccion.php and the pages it lists): lámina media, plasmodesmos, citoesqueleto, envuelta nuclear, poros nucleares, retículo endoplasmático rugoso and liso, aparato de Golgi, amiloplastos, vacuola central, tonoplasto and peroxisomas. (6) The Spanish Wikipedia (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/ followed by the title): Laminilla media, Plasmodesmo, Citoesqueleto, Envoltura nuclear, Amiloplasto, Tonoplasto, Peroxisoma, Pared celular, Cromatina and Retículo endoplasmático liso; and the Spanish Wiktionary (https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/ followed by the word) for the gender of citoesqueleto, nucléolo, ribosoma, vacuola, retículo endoplasmático rugoso and liso, and for organelo. Cloroplasto was also read in the Diccionario de la lengua española (https://dle.rae.es/cloroplasto). Licence: own work

The drawing: Drawn for this site, 2026-09-19. Own original line drawing, nothing traced or copied. Looked at for accuracy only, text read 2026-09-19, no picture opened: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_cell, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuole, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_lamella, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmodesma, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golgi_apparatus, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrion, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylakoid, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroplast, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytoskeleton, and Cooper, The Cell, 2nd edition, on the Golgi apparatus (NCBI Bookshelf) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9838/, plus the part list and layout brief in this dataset. Licence: own work

How it works

This Spanish labeled plant cell shows 22 parts on one drawing, from la pared celular on the outside to la vacuola central in the middle. Each name carries el, la or los, because that is how its gender is learned.

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Eight parts for a simple cell

For a simple diagram of a cell in Spanish, start with eight names: la pared celular, la membrana plasmática, el citoplasma, el núcleo, la vacuola central, el cloroplasto, la mitocondria and los ribosomas.

Names with a second name

La membrana plasmática is also la membrana celular. La membrana nuclear is also la envoltura nuclear, la lámina media is la laminilla media, and el aparato de Golgi is el cuerpo de Golgi. Each second name counts as a typed answer.

  • El citoplasma, el ribosoma and el peroxisoma are masculine although they end in a.
  • El nucléolo is not el núcleo: the nucleolus is a round body inside the nucleus.
  • An organelle is un orgánulo; el organelo is a second word for it.

Questions and answers

How do you say plant cell in Spanish?

La célula vegetal. Célula is a feminine noun, so the plural is las células vegetales. An animal cell is la célula animal. WordReference lists both.

How do you say cell wall in Spanish?

La pared celular. La pared is a wall and celular means of the cell. Celular keeps one form for masculine and feminine nouns, as in el núcleo celular.

Is mitocondria masculine or feminine in Spanish?

Feminine: la mitocondria, las mitocondrias. WordReference and SpanishDict both mark it as a feminine noun. One is a mitochondrion in English, and several are mitochondria.

Where were the Spanish names checked?

In WordReference, SpanishDict and the Cambridge Spanish-English dictionary. Names those dictionaries lack were read in the Spanish genome glossary of the U.S. National Human Genome Research Institute and in the University of Vigo's atlas of plant and animal histology.

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