cartonería
Spanish, noun[kaɾt̪oneˈɾia]
cartonería is spelled C-A-R-T-O-N-E-R-Í-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written Spanish, the 220,080th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cartonería is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “the art of making papier mâché sculptures, especially in Mexico” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Fábrica en donde se hace el cartón”.
What does cartonería mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe art of making papier mâché sculptures, especially in Mexico
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fábrica en donde se hace el cartón. 2. Tienda en donde se vende el cartón.
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 cartonería
- cartonerías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cartonería?
- [kaɾt̪oneˈɾia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cartonería in Spanish?
cartonería appears about once in every 38 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).