otomí
Spanish, noun/otoˈmi/
otomí is spelled O-T-O-M-Í (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 54,740th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Otomí is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “a member of the Otomi people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Una macro-lengua o conjunto de dialectos o variantes habladas por diversos pueblos mesoamericanos de la…”.
What does otomí mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinea member of the Otomi people
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineof the Otomi people and their language
noun
- 1
masculineOtomi (language)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Persona de etnia otomí.
noun: 1. Una macro-lengua o conjunto de dialectos o variantes habladas por diversos pueblos mesoamericanos de la familia oto-pame. Actualmente está integrado por diversas lenguas habladas en México, llamadas lenguas otomíes, originarias de los estados de Hidalgo, México, Puebla, Querétaro, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Michoacán y Guanajuato.
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 otomí
- otomíes plural
- otomís plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce otomí?
- /otoˈmi/
- [o.t̪oˈmi]
- [ot̪oˈmi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is otomí in Spanish?
otomí appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).