australopiteco
Spanish, noun[awst̪ɾalopiˈt̪eko]
australopiteco is spelled A-U-S-T-R-A-L-O-P-I-T-E-C-O (14 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written Spanish, the 304,756th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Australopiteco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “australopithecine (member of a group of extinct hominids)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “nombre común para los homínidos fósiles del género Australopithecus, que poblaron las sabanas africanas entre…”.
What does australopiteco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaustralopithecine (member of a group of extinct hominids)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nombre común para los homínidos fósiles del género Australopithecus, que poblaron las sabanas africanas entre 4 y 2 millones de años atrás. Se considera que el género Homo proviene de una rama de australopitecos.
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 australopiteco
- australopitecos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce australopiteco?
- [awst̪ɾalopiˈt̪eko]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is australopiteco in Spanish?
australopiteco appears about once in every 78 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).