cartón
Spanish, noun/kaɾˈton/
cartón is spelled C-A-R-T-Ó-N (6 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,631st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cartón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cardboard, paperboard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Material barato compuesto de varias hojas de papel superpuestas y prensadas, utilizado principalemente para…”.
What does cartón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecardboard, paperboard
- 2
masculinecardboard box
- 3
colloquialmasculinecertificate (A document serving as evidence that a person has completed an educational course)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Material barato compuesto de varias hojas de papel superpuestas y prensadas, utilizado principalemente para embalaje 2. Envase o embalaje hecho en este material 3. Por extensión, bulto que contiene varias unidades de un producto embalado en cartón, para su distribución mayorista 4. Formato de historieta criticando -las situaciones del cotidiano
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 cartón
- cartones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cartón?
- /kaɾˈton/
- [kaɾˈt̪õn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cartón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cartón in Spanish?
cartón appears 7.8 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).