cetáceo
Spanish, noun/θeˈtaθeo/
cetáceo is spelled C-E-T-Á-C-E-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 88,614th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cetáceo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cetacean” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mamíferos placentarios que viven exclusivamente en ambiente acuático, no necesitando de tierra firme para…”.
What does cetáceo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cetaceous
noun
- 1
masculinecetacean
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mamíferos placentarios que viven exclusivamente en ambiente acuático, no necesitando de tierra firme para parir.
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 cetáceo
- cetácea feminine
- cetáceos masculine plural
- cetáceas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cetáceo?
- /θeˈtaθeo/
- [θeˈt̪a.θe.o]
- /seˈtaseo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cetáceo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cetáceo in Spanish?
cetáceo appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).