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tejón

Spanish, noun/teˈxon/

tejón is spelled T-E-J-Ó-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 55,445th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tejón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “European badger (Meles meles)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(subfamilias Melinae, Mellivorinae, Taxidinae) Cualquiera de varias especies de mamíferos mustélidos, de…”.

What does tejón mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineEuropean badger (Meles meles)

  2. 2

    masculineAmerican badger (Taxidea taxus)

  3. 3

    Mexicomasculinewhite-nosed coati (Nasua narica)

  4. 4

    masculineraccoon (Procyon lotor)

  5. 5

    masculinenorthern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana)

  6. 6

    masculinekinkajou (Potos flavus)

noun

  1. 1

    masculinea gold plate or ingot

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. (subfamilias Melinae, Mellivorinae, Taxidinae) Cualquiera de varias especies de mamíferos mustélidos, de cuerpo robusto, patas cortas y largo hocico, con denso pelaje listado. Construyen madrigueras subterráneas y son excelentes cazadores, alimentándose de pequeños mamíferos, aves, reptiles e insectos además de raíces

noun: 1. Pieza de oro sin acuñar

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 tejón

  • tejones plural
  • texón alternative obsolete
  • taxón alternative obsolete

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tejón?

  • /teˈxon/
  • [t̪eˈxõn]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to tejón

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is tejón in Spanish?

tejón appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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