chontal
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃonˈtal/
chontal is spelled C-H-O-N-T-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 130,910th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chontal is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “hillbilly, hick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does chontal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinehillbilly, hick
- 2
femininemasculineChontal
noun
- 1
masculinehillbilly, hick
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Perteneciente o relacionado con la cultura maya del estado de Tabasco en México. 2. Perteneciente o relacionado con un pueblo autóctono que habita el estado de Tabasco en México y que descienden de los olmecas. 3. Perteneciente o relacionado con un pueblo autóctono que habita el estado de Oaxaca en México.
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 chontal
- chontales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chontal?
- /t͡ʃonˈtal/
- [t͡ʃõn̪ˈt̪al]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chontal in Spanish?
chontal appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).