altiplano
Spanish, noun/altiˈplano/
altiplano is spelled A-L-T-I-P-L-A-N-O (9 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 21,583rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Altiplano is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a high plateau” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Gran extensión de tierra localizada a más de 1.000 metros sobre el nivel del mar, caracterizadas por su…”.
What does altiplano mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea high plateau
La Mancha es un altiplano.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gran extensión de tierra localizada a más de 1.000 metros sobre el nivel del mar, caracterizadas por su situación entre montañas y su relieve relativamente plano.
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 altiplano
- altiplanos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce altiplano?
- /altiˈplano/
- [al̪.t̪iˈpla.no]
- [al̪t̪iˈplano]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to altiplano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is altiplano in Spanish?
altiplano appears 2.1 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).