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matoso

Spanish, adjective/maˈtoso/

matoso is spelled M-A-T-O-S-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish, the 167,210th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Matoso is a Spanish adjective meaning “bushy, heathy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lleno y cubierto de matas”.

What does matoso mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    bushy, heathy

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Lleno y cubierto de matas.

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 matoso

  • matosa feminine
  • matosos masculine plural
  • matosas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce matoso?

  • /maˈtoso/
  • [maˈt̪o.so]
  • [maˈt̪oso]

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

How common is matoso in Spanish?

matoso appears about once in every 21 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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