tapir
Spanish, noun/taˈpiɾ/
tapir is spelled T-A-P-I-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 77,042nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tapir is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tapir” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Tapirus) Género de mamíferos perisodáctilos de la familia Tapiridae, son animales de tamaño mediano, con una…”.
What does tapir mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Tapirus) Género de mamíferos perisodáctilos de la familia Tapiridae, son animales de tamaño mediano, con una longitud que varía desde el 1,8 m hasta los 2,5 m, con una cola de 5 a 10 cm de largo, y una altura en la cruz de 70 cm a 1 m y un peso de 220 a 300 kg. Sin embargo, la principal característica del tapir es su alargado hocico en forma de pequeña probóscide, que usa principalmente para arra
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 tapir
- tapires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tapir?
- /taˈpiɾ/
- [t̪aˈpiɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tapir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tapir in Spanish?
tapir appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).