tzompantli
Spanish, noun/somˈpantli/
tzompantli is spelled T-Z-O-M-P-A-N-T-L-I (10 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written Spanish, the 193,839th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tzompantli is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tzompantli; alternative spelling of zompantli” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Altar en forma de bastidor, tradicional de Mesoamérica, en donde se montaban ante la vista pública un…”.
What does tzompantli mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetzompantli; alternative spelling of zompantli
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Altar en forma de bastidor, tradicional de Mesoamérica, en donde se montaban ante la vista pública un conjunto de cráneos con el fin de honrar a los dioses.
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 tzompantli
- tzompantlis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tzompantli?
- /somˈpantli/
- [sõmˈpãn̪.t̪li]
- /tθomˈpantli/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tzompantli in Spanish?
tzompantli appears about once in every 29 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).