morrocoy
Spanish, noun/moroˈkoi/
morrocoy is spelled M-O-R-R-O-C-O-Y (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 96,067th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Morrocoy is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tortoise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Chelonoidis carbonaria) Tortuga terrestre del continente americano de unos 75 cm”.
What does morrocoy mean in English?
noun
- 1
Latin-Americamasculinetortoise
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Chelonoidis carbonaria) Tortuga terrestre del continente americano de unos 75 cm. 2. (Chelonoidis denticulata) Tortuga que vive en el bosque tropical húmedo de Sudamérica. 3. (Trachemys dorbigni) Tortuga de agua dulce, de Uruguay, norte de Argentina y sur de Brasil, de hasta 30 cm de longitud, de caparazón hidrodinámico, dedos palmeados con pequeñas uñas muy afiladas y cuerpo y caparazón verdes con dibujos amarillos o naranja. Posee a ambos lados de su cabeza dos manchas de color amarillo que facilitan su identificación. 4. (Simuliidae) Mosca picadora en forma de tortuga.^([cita requerida])
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 morrocoy
- morrocoyes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce morrocoy?
- /moroˈkoi/
- [mo.roˈkoi̯]
- [moroˈkoj]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to morrocoy
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is morrocoy in Spanish?
morrocoy appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).