montaplatos
Spanish, noun[mõn̪t̪aˈplat̪os]
montaplatos is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “dumbwaiter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Elevador de pequeñas dimensiones que sirve para subir y bajar los platos llenos o vacíos entre la cocina y el…”.
What does montaplatos mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedumbwaiter
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Elevador de pequeñas dimensiones que sirve para subir y bajar los platos llenos o vacíos entre la cocina y el comedor cuando estas dependencias están en distinto piso.
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.
How do you pronounce montaplatos?
- [mõn̪t̪aˈplat̪os]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to montaplatos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is montaplatos in Spanish?
montaplatos appears about once in every 36 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).