maravedí
Spanish, noun/maɾabeˈdi/
maravedí is spelled M-A-R-A-V-E-D-Í (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish, the 162,009th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maravedí is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “maravedi (a former Spanish coin and unit of currency, originally issued in gold but later in silver and copper, discontinued in 1848)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Moneda española, que en algunos periodos fue solo una unidad de cuenta, mientras que en otros efectivamente…”.
What does maravedí mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemaravedi (a former Spanish coin and unit of currency, originally issued in gold but later in silver and copper, discontinued in 1848)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Moneda española, que en algunos periodos fue solo una unidad de cuenta, mientras que en otros efectivamente se acuñó, con diferentes metales y adoptando distintos valores. El último tipo que se amonedó era de cobre y valía la trigésima cuarta parte del real de vellón. 2. Tributo que de siete en siete años pagaban al rey los aragoneses cuya hacienda valiese diez maravedís de oro, o siete sueldos, que era su valor en tiempo del rey Jaime el Conquistador.
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 maravedí
- maravedíes plural
- maravedís plural
- maravedises plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maravedí?
- /maɾabeˈdi/
- [ma.ɾa.β̞eˈð̞i]
- [maɾaβ̞eˈð̞i]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is maravedí in Spanish?
maravedí appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).