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látex

Spanish, noun/ˈlateɡs/

látex is spelled L-Á-T-E-X (5 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 30,789th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Látex is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “latex” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Savia lechosa de algunos árboles que coagula al exponerse al aire, utilizada para crear goma, caucho, resina…”.

What does látex mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinelatex

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Savia lechosa de algunos árboles que coagula al exponerse al aire, utilizada para crear goma, caucho, resina, etc.

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.

How do you pronounce látex?

  • /ˈlateɡs/
  • [ˈla.t̪eɣ̞s]
  • [ˈlat̪eks]

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

English words that translate to látex

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

How common is látex in Spanish?

látex appears 1.2 times per 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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