cactus
Spanish, noun/ˈkaɡtus/
cactus is spelled C-A-C-T-U-S (6 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,279th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cactus is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “alternative form of cacto” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cualquier planta de la familia Cactaceae, la cual es florida, suculenta, y adaptada a climas cálidos y…”.
What does cactus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of cacto
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cualquier planta de la familia Cactaceae, la cual es florida, suculenta, y adaptada a climas cálidos y semidesérticos.
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 cactus?
- /ˈkaɡtus/
- [ˈkaɣ̞.t̪us]
- [ˈkakt̪us]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cactus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cactus in Spanish?
cactus appears 2.3 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).