ratán
Spanish, noun/raˈtan/
ratán is spelled R-A-T-Á-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish, the 158,678th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ratán is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “rattan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Nombre de diversas plantas vivaces, de la familia de las palmas, con tallos que alcanzan gran longitud…”.
What does ratán mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerattan
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nombre de diversas plantas vivaces, de la familia de las palmas, con tallos que alcanzan gran longitud, nudosos a trechos, delgados, sarmentosos y muy fuertes; hojas abrazadoras en los nudos, lisas y flexibles, zarcillos espinosos, flores de tres pétalos, y fruto abayado y rojo como la cereza. Vive en los bosques de la India y otros países de Oriente, y de su tallo se hacen bastones.
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 ratán
- ratanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ratán?
- /raˈtan/
- [raˈt̪ãn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ratán
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ratán in Spanish?
ratán appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).