pasamontañas
Spanish, noun/ˌpasamonˈtaɲas/
pasamontañas is spelled P-A-S-A-M-O-N-T-A-Ñ-A-S (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 53,393rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pasamontañas is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “balaclava” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of pasamontaña. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Prenda de vestir que cubre la cabeza parcial o totalmente, mostrando solo la cara, o la parte superior de…”.
What does pasamontañas mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebalaclava
- 2
masculineski mask
- 3
masculineplural of pasamontaña
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prenda de vestir que cubre la cabeza parcial o totalmente, mostrando solo la cara, o la parte superior de esta, y en ocasiones solo los ojos.
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 pasamontañas?
- /ˌpasamonˈtaɲas/
- [ˌpa.sa.mõn̪ˈt̪a.ɲas]
- [pasamõn̪ˈt̪aɲas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pasamontañas
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pasamontañas in Spanish?
pasamontañas 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).