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fortachón

Spanish, adjective/foɾtaˈt͡ʃon/

fortachón is spelled F-O-R-T-A-C-H-Ó-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish, the 142,722nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fortachón is a Spanish adjective meaning “strong; tough” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Recio y fornido; que tiene grandes fuerzas y pujanza”.

What does fortachón mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    strong; tough

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Recio y fornido; que tiene grandes fuerzas y pujanza.

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 fortachón

  • fortachona feminine
  • fortachones masculine plural
  • fortachonas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce fortachón?

  • /foɾtaˈt͡ʃon/
  • [foɾ.t̪aˈt͡ʃõn]
  • [foɾt̪aˈt͡ʃõn]

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

English words that translate to fortachón

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

How common is fortachón in Spanish?

fortachón appears about once in every 15 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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