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coetáneo

Spanish, adjective/koeˈtaneo/

coetáneo is spelled C-O-E-T-Á-N-E-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 92,762nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coetáneo is a Spanish adjective meaning “coeval (of the same age)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que tiene la misma edad de aquel, aquella o aquello con que se le compara”.

What does coetáneo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    coeval (of the same age)

  2. 2

    contemporaneous

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que tiene la misma edad de aquel, aquella o aquello con que se le compara. 2. Se dice de personas y cosas que existen, pertenecen o se relacionan con el mismo periodo, edad o época.

noun: 1. Persona coetánea₁.

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 coetáneo

  • coetánea feminine
  • coetáneos masculine plural
  • coetáneas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce coetáneo?

  • /koeˈtaneo/
  • [ko.eˈt̪a.ne.o]
  • [koeˈt̪aneo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to coetáneo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is coetáneo in Spanish?

coetáneo appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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