malaquita
Spanish, noun/malaˈkita/
malaquita is spelled M-A-L-A-Q-U-I-T-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 102,764th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malaquita is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “malachite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mineral de carbonato de cobre, de color verde, susceptible de pulimento, que se usa como piedra ornamental y…”.
What does malaquita mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemalachite
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mineral de carbonato de cobre, de color verde, susceptible de pulimento, que se usa como piedra ornamental y tiene diversas aplicaciones en joyería
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 malaquita
- malaquitas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malaquita?
- /malaˈkita/
- [ma.laˈki.t̪a]
- [malaˈkit̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to malaquita
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malaquita in Spanish?
malaquita appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).