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matojo

Spanish, noun/maˈtoxo/

matojo is spelled M-A-T-O-J-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish, the 178,154th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Matojo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “small bush, shrub” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mata de escaso tamaño”.

What does matojo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesmall bush, shrub

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Mata de escaso tamaño. 2. Mata salsolácea barrillera. 3. Renuevo de un árbol cortado.

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 matojo

  • matojos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce matojo?

  • /maˈtoxo/
  • [maˈt̪o.xo]
  • [maˈt̪oxo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is matojo in Spanish?

matojo appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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