monte
Spanish, noun
monte is spelled M-O-N-T-E (5 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,774th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Monte is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “mountain, mount” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of montar. With an accent, monté is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of montar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Gran elevación sobre el terreno”.
What does monte mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemountain, mount
- 2
masculinehill
- 3
masculineforest, wilderness
- 4
Mexicomasculinedesert
- 5
Mexicomasculineunderbrush
- 6
Mexicomasculineweeds
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of montar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gran elevación sobre el terreno. 2. Terreno con abundancia de vegetación silvestre, principalmente árboles y arbustos. 3. Herbazal, hierbas que cubren un terreno.
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 monte
- montes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to monte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is monte in Spanish?
monte appears 30 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).