batán
Spanish, noun
batán is spelled B-A-T-Á-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 66,744th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Batán is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “fulling mill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, batan is a different word: “third-person plural present subjunctive”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Máquina destinada a dejar las telas más tupidas golpeándolas con gruesos mazos, generalmente activados por…”.
What does batán mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefulling mill
- 2
masculineSouth American, Andean and Indian stone utensil for grinding foodstuffs
verb
- 1
third-person plural present subjunctive
- 2
third-person plural imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Máquina destinada a dejar las telas más tupidas golpeándolas con gruesos mazos, generalmente activados por una rueda hidráulica, hasta desengrasar y darle el cuerpo deseado al tejido (enfurtirlo). 2. Edificio en que opera un batán₁. 3. Piedra plana para moler a mano granos, café, ají, ajo y otros productos presionándolos con otra piedra curva que se hace oscilar sobre la primera. Sirve también para martajar la carne y prepara la llajua. 4. Establecimiento donde se venden productos rústicos de lana.
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 batán
- batanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is batán in Spanish?
batán appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).