marcapasos
Spanish, noun/maɾkaˈpasos/
marcapasos is spelled M-A-R-C-A-P-A-S-O-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 46,983rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marcapasos is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pacemaker (medical implement)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of marcapaso. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dispositivo electrónico alimentado por una batería, que se implanta quirúrgicamente, para ayudar al corazón…”.
What does marcapasos mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepacemaker (medical implement)
noun
- 1
plural of marcapaso
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dispositivo electrónico alimentado por una batería, que se implanta quirúrgicamente, para ayudar al corazón en algunos tipos de trastornos del ritmo o de la conducción cardíacos. 2. Órgano o grupo de células que actúan como mecanismo de regulación de una función fisiológica.
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.
How do you pronounce marcapasos?
- /maɾkaˈpasos/
- [maɾ.kaˈpa.sos]
- [maɾkaˈpasos]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to marcapasos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marcapasos in Spanish?
marcapasos appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).