estalactita
Spanish, noun[est̪alakˈt̪it̪a]
estalactita is spelled E-S-T-A-L-A-C-T-I-T-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish, the 157,080th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estalactita is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “stalactite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Formación de mineral que cuelga el techo de una cueva. Se forma como resultado de los depósitos minerales…”.
What does estalactita mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestalactite
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Formación de mineral que cuelga el techo de una cueva. Se forma como resultado de los depósitos minerales continuos transportados por el agua que se filtra en la cueva, en especial los de bicarbonato cálcico que precipitan en carbonato cálcico y se deposita formando la estalactita.
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 estalactita
- estalactitas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estalactita?
- [est̪alakˈt̪it̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estalactita
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estalactita in Spanish?
estalactita appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).