matapalo
Spanish, noun[mat̪aˈpalo]
matapalo is spelled M-A-T-A-P-A-L-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written Spanish, the 193,839th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Matapalo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Any of a number of plants. To name just one, there's the narrow leaf fig (Ficus longifolia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Higueras silvestres semiparasitarias que crecen sobre palmeras y otros árboles, pudiendo llegar a matar al…”.
What does matapalo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineAny of a number of plants. To name just one, there's the narrow leaf fig (Ficus longifolia)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Higueras silvestres semiparasitarias que crecen sobre palmeras y otros árboles, pudiendo llegar a matar al anfitrión.
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 matapalo
- matapalos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce matapalo?
- [mat̪aˈpalo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is matapalo in Spanish?
matapalo appears about once in every 29 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).