criptozoología
Spanish, noun/ˌkɾibtoθooloˈxia/
criptozoología is spelled C-R-I-P-T-O-Z-O-O-L-O-G-Í-A (14 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written Spanish, the 268,459th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Criptozoología is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “cryptozoology” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pseudociencia y subcultura que intenta probar la existencia de animales extintos, mitológicos o folclóricos”.
What does criptozoología mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecryptozoology
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pseudociencia y subcultura que intenta probar la existencia de animales extintos, mitológicos o folclóricos.
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 criptozoología
- criptozoologías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce criptozoología?
- /ˌkɾibtoθooloˈxia/
- [ˌkɾiβ̞.t̪o.θo.o.loˈxi.a]
- /ˌkɾibtosooloˈxia/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to criptozoología
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is criptozoología in Spanish?
criptozoología appears about once in every 59 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).