camalote
Spanish, noun/kamaˈlote/
camalote is spelled C-A-M-A-L-O-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish, the 182,048th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Camalote is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Pontederia crassipes (a tropical aquatic plant from South America, in the family Pontederiaceae, that appears to form floating islands)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Paspalum paniculatum) Planta forrajera perenne de tallo áspero y recto y de hojas relativamente grandes, que…”.
What does camalote mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinePontederia crassipes (a tropical aquatic plant from South America, in the family Pontederiaceae, that appears to form floating islands)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Paspalum paniculatum) Planta forrajera perenne de tallo áspero y recto y de hojas relativamente grandes, que se usa como alimento para el ganado, nativa de México y de Centroamérica. 2. (Pontederia). Cualquiera de las plantas de la familia de las pontederiáceas que en abundancia se producen en los ríos interiores de Sudamérica y que arrancadas por la corriente flotan aguas abajo en grandes porciones que semejan islas. Sus flores son azules, moradas o blancas. 3. Conjunto de camalotes que conforman una isla. 4. Variante de gramalote.
noun: 1. Persona persistente, firme, aguantadora.
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 camalote
- camalotes plural
- camalota feminine
- camalotas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce camalote?
- /kamaˈlote/
- [ka.maˈlo.t̪e]
- [kamaˈlot̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is camalote in Spanish?
camalote appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).