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curtiembre

Spanish, noun/kuɾˈtjembɾe/

curtiembre is spelled C-U-R-T-I-E-M-B-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 126,596th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Curtiembre is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “tannery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Taller o lugar en el que se adoban o curten las pieles”.

What does curtiembre mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininetannery

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Taller o lugar en el que se adoban o curten las pieles.

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 curtiembre

  • curtiembres plural

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

How do you pronounce curtiembre?

  • /kuɾˈtjembɾe/
  • [kuɾˈt̪jẽm.bɾe]
  • [kuɾˈt̪jẽmbɾe]

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

How common is curtiembre in Spanish?

curtiembre appears about once in every 11 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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