pejelagarto
Spanish, noun/ˌpexelaˈɡaɾto/
pejelagarto is spelled P-E-J-E-L-A-G-A-R-T-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 112,257th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pejelagarto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “gar; garfish (fish of the family Lepisosteidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cualquiera de los peces del orden de los Lepisosteiformes (familia Lepisosteidae). Son de tamaño medio y con…”.
What does pejelagarto mean in English?
noun
- 1
Mexicomasculinegar; garfish (fish of the family Lepisosteidae)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cualquiera de los peces del orden de los Lepisosteiformes (familia Lepisosteidae). Son de tamaño medio y con forma alargada y puntiaguda. Habitan en la región de Norteamérica y Centroamérica.
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 pejelagarto
- pejelagartos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pejelagarto?
- /ˌpexelaˈɡaɾto/
- [ˌpe.xe.laˈɣ̞aɾ.t̪o]
- [pexelaˈɣ̞aɾt̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pejelagarto in Spanish?
pejelagarto appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).