pterodáctilo
Spanish, noun/teɾoˈdaɡtilo/
pterodáctilo is spelled P-T-E-R-O-D-Á-C-T-I-L-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish, the 157,080th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pterodáctilo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pterodactyl (a pterosaur of the genus Pterodactylus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Pterodactylus) Reptil fósil volador de la familia de los pterosaurios pterodactiloideos, caracterizado por…”.
What does pterodáctilo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepterodactyl (a pterosaur of the genus Pterodactylus)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Pterodactylus) Reptil fósil volador de la familia de los pterosaurios pterodactiloideos, caracterizado por presentar una membrana entre las extremidades anteriores y el cuerpo, que le posibilitaba el vuelo, habitó en lo que hoy es Europa y África. Vivió hace aproximadamente 155 y 150 millones de años, a finales del periodo jurásico.
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 pterodáctilo
- pterodáctilos plural
- terodáctilo alternative uncommon
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pterodáctilo?
- /teɾoˈdaɡtilo/
- [t̪e.ɾoˈð̞aɣ̞.t̪i.lo]
- [t̪eɾoˈð̞akt̪ilo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pterodáctilo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pterodáctilo in Spanish?
pterodáctilo appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).