pterosaurio
Spanish, noun/teɾoˈsauɾjo/
pterosaurio is spelled P-T-E-R-O-S-A-U-R-I-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 197,982nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pterosaurio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pterosaur” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(orden Pterosauria) Cualquier reptil volador del orden extinto de saurópsidos arcosaurios que existieron…”.
What does pterosaurio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepterosaur
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (orden Pterosauria) Cualquier reptil volador del orden extinto de saurópsidos arcosaurios que existieron durante casi toda la Era Mesozoica (228 a 66 millones de años) con alas formadas por una membrana sostenida por el cuarto dedo de la mano, que estaba hipertrofiado. Son los primeros vertebrados conocidos capaces de volar.
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 pterosaurio
- pterosaurios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pterosaurio?
- /teɾoˈsauɾjo/
- [t̪e.ɾoˈsau̯.ɾjo]
- [t̪eɾoˈsawɾjo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pterosaurio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pterosaurio in Spanish?
pterosaurio appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).