molcajete
Spanish, noun/molkaˈxete/
molcajete is spelled M-O-L-C-A-J-E-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 109,730th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Molcajete is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a small mortar, typically carved from vesicular basalt and used in traditional Mexican cuisine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mortero grande y profundo, de alfarería o piedra, sobre tres pies, en que se muelen los ingredientes para…”.
What does molcajete mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea small mortar, typically carved from vesicular basalt and used in traditional Mexican cuisine
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mortero grande y profundo, de alfarería o piedra, sobre tres pies, en que se muelen los ingredientes para salsas.
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 molcajete
- molcajetes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce molcajete?
- /molkaˈxete/
- [mol.kaˈxe.t̪e]
- [molkaˈxet̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is molcajete in Spanish?
molcajete appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).