tezontle
Spanish, noun/teˈθontle/
tezontle is spelled T-E-Z-O-N-T-L-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 106,207th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tezontle is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tezontle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Una roca volcánica roja utilizada para construcción desde el tiempo de los Aztecas”.
What does tezontle mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetezontle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Una roca volcánica roja utilizada para construcción desde el tiempo de los Aztecas.
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.
How do you pronounce tezontle?
- /teˈθontle/
- [t̪eˈθõn̪.t̪le]
- /teˈsontle/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tezontle in Spanish?
tezontle appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).