tardígrado
Spanish, noun[t̪aɾˈð̞iɣ̞ɾað̞o]
tardígrado is spelled T-A-R-D-Í-G-R-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 71 million words in written Spanish, the 292,142nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tardígrado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tardigrade; water bear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does tardígrado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetardigrade; water bear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dícese de un filo de ecdisozoos dentro del reino animal, caracterizado por ser invertebrados, protóstomos, segmentados y microscópicos, aproximadamente de 500 µm de medida. Pertenecen al gran grupo de los panartrópodos.
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 tardígrado
- tardígrados plural
- tardígrada feminine
- tardígradas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tardígrado?
- [t̪aɾˈð̞iɣ̞ɾað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tardígrado in Spanish?
tardígrado appears about once in every 71 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).