tafonomía
Spanish, noun[t̪afonoˈmia]
tafonomía is spelled T-A-F-O-N-O-M-Í-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written Spanish, the 324,638th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tafonomía is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “taphonomy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estudio científico de todos los procesos sufridos y del destino de los restos de un organismo tras su muerte”.
What does tafonomía mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetaphonomy
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Estudio científico de todos los procesos sufridos y del destino de los restos de un organismo tras su muerte.
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 tafonomía
- tafonomías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tafonomía?
- [t̪afonoˈmia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tafonomía
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tafonomía in Spanish?
tafonomía appears about once in every 89 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).