motón
Spanish, noun[moˈt̪õn]
motón is spelled M-O-T-Ó-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 139,655th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Motón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pulley” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Bloque ovalado de madera o metálico, en cuyo interior se encuentran una o varias roldanas sujetas por pernos…”.
What does motón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepulley
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bloque ovalado de madera o metálico, en cuyo interior se encuentran una o varias roldanas sujetas por pernos y que sirve para componer aparejos con los que laborear los cabos de una embarcación.
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 motón
- motones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce motón?
- [moˈt̪õn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to motón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is motón in Spanish?
motón appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).