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madroño

Spanish, noun/maˈdɾoɲo/

madroño is spelled M-A-D-R-O-Ñ-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 78,932nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Madroño is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Arbutus unedo) Árbol de hoja perenne de la región mediterránea, costa atlántica y Europa occidental, desde…”.

What does madroño mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinestrawberry tree (Arbutus unedo)

  2. 2

    masculinefruit of the strawberry tree

  3. 3

    masculinelemon drop mangosteen

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. (Arbutus unedo) Árbol de hoja perenne de la región mediterránea, costa atlántica y Europa occidental, desde el norte al oeste de Francia e Irlanda. Mide entre 5 y 15 m de alto, aunque difícilmente consigue esta altura. El tronco es rojizo y agrietado, corto, con copa espesa y redondeada. Las hojas con un corto pecíolo, son grandes, verdes, algo más claras en el envés, lanceoladas, de entre 5 y 10 2. Baya del árbol del madroño₁. 3. Borla que se asemeja a la baya del madroño₁. 4. (Arbutus menziesii) Árbol de hoja perenne de la costa oeste de América del Norte, que mide hasta 10 m de alto, con fruto amarillo de pulpa blanca y con dos o más semillas.

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 madroño

  • madroños plural

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

How do you pronounce madroño?

  • /maˈdɾoɲo/
  • [maˈð̞ɾo.ɲo]
  • [maˈð̞ɾoɲo]

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

English words that translate to madroño

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

How common is madroño in Spanish?

madroño appears about once in every 4 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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