cartabón
Spanish, noun/kaɾtaˈbon/
cartabón is spelled C-A-R-T-A-B-Ó-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 126,596th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cartabón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “triangle, set square (draughtsman's square)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Utensilio empleado para dibujar constituido por una placa triangular cuyos ángulos son 90º, 60º y 30º”.
What does cartabón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetriangle, set square (draughtsman's square)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Utensilio empleado para dibujar constituido por una placa triangular cuyos ángulos son 90º, 60º y 30º. 2. Ángulo que forman en el caballete las dos vertientes de un tejado. 3. Regla graduada, con dos topes, uno fijo y otro correzido, que los zapateros usan para medir el pie. 4. Prisma octogonal que permite dirigir visuales en ángulo recto.
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 cartabón
- cartabones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cartabón?
- /kaɾtaˈbon/
- [kaɾ.t̪aˈβ̞õn]
- [kaɾt̪aˈβ̞õn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cartabón in Spanish?
cartabón appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).