megaterio
Spanish, noun/meɡaˈteɾjo/
megaterio is spelled M-E-G-A-T-E-R-I-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written Spanish, the 217,717th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Megaterio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “megathere, megatherium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mamífero desdentado fósil emparentado con los perezosos de tamaño comparable al de los elefantes, que se…”.
What does megaterio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemegathere, megatherium
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mamífero desdentado fósil emparentado con los perezosos de tamaño comparable al de los elefantes, que se desarrolló en América del Sur durante el periodo pleistoceno hasta hace 8.000 años.
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 megaterio
- megaterios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce megaterio?
- /meɡaˈteɾjo/
- [me.ɣ̞aˈt̪e.ɾjo]
- [meɣ̞aˈt̪eɾjo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is megaterio in Spanish?
megaterio appears about once in every 37 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).