mataco
Spanish, noun/maˈtako/
mataco is spelled M-A-T-A-C-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish, the 144,191st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mataco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “southern three-banded armadillo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does mataco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesouthern three-banded armadillo
adjective
- 1
Mataco
noun
- 1
femininemasculineMataco
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of mataco
- matacos plural
- mataca feminine
- matacas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mataco?
- /maˈtako/
- [maˈt̪a.ko]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mataco in Spanish?
mataco appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).