armadillo
Spanish, noun/aɾmaˈdiʝo/
armadillo is spelled A-R-M-A-D-I-L-L-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 46,380th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Armadillo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “armadillo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Familia de mamíferos placentarios del orden Cingulata. Se caracterizan por poseer un caparazón dorsal formado…”.
What does armadillo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinearmadillo
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Familia de mamíferos placentarios del orden Cingulata. Se caracterizan por poseer un caparazón dorsal formado por las placas yuxtapuestas, ordenadas por lo general en filas transversales, con cola bastante larga y extremidades cortas.
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 armadillo
- armadillos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce armadillo?
- /aɾmaˈdiʝo/
- [aɾ.maˈð̞i.ʝo]
- [aɾmaˈð̞iʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to armadillo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is armadillo in Spanish?
armadillo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).