manatí
Spanish, noun/manaˈti/
manatí is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “manatee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Trichechus manatus) Mamífero acuático herbívoro que, según algunos, originó el mito de las sirenas. Mide…”.
What does manatí mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemanatee
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Trichechus manatus) Mamífero acuático herbívoro que, según algunos, originó el mito de las sirenas. Mide unos cinco metros de largo, pesa hasta 300 kilos y se desplaza de forma lenta y pesada. Se le encuentra en el río Orinoco, en el Amazonas y en algunos lugares del litoral americano.
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 manatí
- manatíes plural
- manatís plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce manatí?
- /manaˈti/
- [ma.naˈt̪i]
- [manaˈt̪i]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to manatí
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is manatí in Spanish?
manatí appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).