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matadero

/ˌmɑːtəˈdɛəɹəʊ/noun

matadero is spelled M-A-T-A-D-E-R-O: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, matadero means “A slaughterhouse or abattoir” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of matadero is mataderos.

How many letters and syllables are in matadero?

Letters8: M-A-T-A-D-E-R-O
In writingabout once in every 93 million words; the 309,272nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is matadero?

Matadero appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce matadero?

  • /ˌmɑːtəˈdɛəɹəʊ/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-matadero.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of matadero

  • mataderos plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does matadero mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A slaughterhouse or abattoir.

    In connection with one of these markets a matadero has been built, in the form of a detached building.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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