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mayorazgo

Spanish, noun/maʝoˈɾaθɡo/

mayorazgo is spelled M-A-Y-O-R-A-Z-G-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 38,543rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mayorazgo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “primogeniture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El conjunto de bienes vinculados”.

What does mayorazgo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineprimogeniture

  2. 2

    masculinefirstborn

  3. 3

    masculineestate; inheritance

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. El conjunto de bienes vinculados.

noun: 1. El poseedor de los bienes vinculados. 2. El hijo mayor de una persona que goza y posee mayorazgo₂. 3. El hijo primogénito de cualquiera persona

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 mayorazgo

  • mayorazgos plural
  • mayorazga feminine
  • mayorazgas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce mayorazgo?

  • /maʝoˈɾaθɡo/
  • [ma.ʝoˈɾaθ̬.ɣ̞o]
  • /maʝoˈɾasɡo/

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

English words that translate to mayorazgo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is mayorazgo in Spanish?

mayorazgo appears about once in every 1 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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