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maletera

Spanish, noun/maleˈteɾa/

maletera is spelled M-A-L-E-T-E-R-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 91,681st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maletera is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “boot; trunk (of car)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Compartimento del automóvil en el que se guardan las maletas u otros bultos”.

What does maletera mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Latin-Americafeminineboot; trunk (of car)

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Compartimento del automóvil en el que se guardan las maletas u otros bultos.

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 maletera

  • maleteras plural

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

How do you pronounce maletera?

  • /maleˈteɾa/
  • [ma.leˈt̪e.ɾa]
  • [maleˈt̪eɾa]

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

How common is maletera in Spanish?

maletera appears about once in every 6 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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