batanes
Spanish, noun[baˈt̪anes]
batanes is spelled B-A-T-A-N-E-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 82,716th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Batanes is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “plural of batán” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Juego de imitar el ruido y cadencia del batán (máquina para tupir a golpes la tela) alternando con otras…”.
What does batanes mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplural of batán
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Juego de imitar el ruido y cadencia del batán (máquina para tupir a golpes la tela) alternando con otras personas el golpeteo con una zapatilla.
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.
How do you pronounce batanes?
- [baˈt̪anes]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is batanes in Spanish?
batanes appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).