cartílago
Spanish, noun/kaɾˈtilaɡo/
cartílago is spelled C-A-R-T-Í-L-A-G-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 35,911th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cartílago is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cartilage (dense connective tissue)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tejido conjuntivo resistente y elástico, formado por células en una matriz de colágeno, que sirve de sostén…”.
What does cartílago mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecartilage (dense connective tissue)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tejido conjuntivo resistente y elástico, formado por células en una matriz de colágeno, que sirve de sostén flexible para numerosas estructuras como los epífisis de los huesos, laringe, orejas, nariz, etc.
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 cartílago
- cartílagos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cartílago?
- /kaɾˈtilaɡo/
- [kaɾˈt̪i.la.ɣ̞o]
- [kaɾˈt̪ilaɣ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cartílago
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cartílago in Spanish?
cartílago appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).