malpaís
Spanish, noun/malpaˈis/
malpaís is spelled M-A-L-P-A-Í-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 116,020th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malpaís is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “akin to badlands, but of volcaniclastic origin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does malpaís mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineakin to badlands, but of volcaniclastic origin
- 2
masculinekarst
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of malpaís
- malpaíses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malpaís?
- /malpaˈis/
- [mal.paˈis]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to malpaís
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malpaís in Spanish?
malpaís appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).