mantarraya
Spanish, noun/mantaˈraʝa/
mantarraya is spelled M-A-N-T-A-R-R-A-Y-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 139,655th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mantarraya is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “manta ray” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Manta birostris) Pez cartilaginoso, rajiforme, de gran tamaño; alcanza los 9 m de largo”.
What does mantarraya mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemanta ray
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Manta birostris) Pez cartilaginoso, rajiforme, de gran tamaño; alcanza los 9 m de largo
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 mantarraya
- mantarrayas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mantarraya?
- /mantaˈraʝa/
- [mãn̪.t̪aˈra.ʝa]
- [mãn̪t̪aˈraʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mantarraya in Spanish?
mantarraya appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).