altar
Spanish, noun/alˈtaɾ/
altar is spelled A-L-T-A-R (5 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,633rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Altar is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Montículo, piedra o construcción elevada donde se celebran ritos religiosos como sacrificios, ofrendas, etc”.
What does altar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealtar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
- 2
masculinestone that separates the firebox from the hearth in reverberatory furnaces
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Montículo, piedra o construcción elevada donde se celebran ritos religiosos como sacrificios, ofrendas, etc. 2. Piedra o roca consagrada. 3. Especie de mesa consagrada donde el sacerdote celebra el sacrificio de la misa. 4. Conjunto constituido por la mesa consagrada, la base, las gradas, el retablo, el sagrario, etc.
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 altar
- altares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce altar?
- /alˈtaɾ/
- [al̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to altar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is altar in Spanish?
altar appears 11 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).