carbonífero
Spanish, noun[kaɾβ̞oˈnifeɾo]
carbonífero is spelled C-A-R-B-O-N-Í-F-E-R-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 73,441st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carbonífero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Carboniferous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does carbonífero mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Carboniferous
noun
- 1
masculineCarboniferous
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dice de un terreno que contiene o produce carbón mineral. 2. Que pertenece o concierne al período en que se formó el carbón mineral (el Carbonífero). 3. Se dice del quinto período de la era Paleozoica que se extiende desde los 360 a los 290 millones de años antes de la actualidad. Se caracteriza por la aparición de grandes reptiles y bosques pantanosos que son el origen de los actuales yacimientos de carbón mineral. Es posterior al Devónico y anterior al Pérmico.
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 carbonífero
- carbonífera feminine
- carboníferos masculine plural
- carboníferas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carbonífero?
- [kaɾβ̞oˈnifeɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carbonífero
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carbonífero in Spanish?
carbonífero appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).