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varano

Spanish, noun/baˈɾano/

varano is spelled V-A-R-A-N-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 195,910th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Varano is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “monitor lizard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Varanus) Género de saurópsidos escamosos que comprende numerosas especies de grandes lagartos de cabeza…”.

What does varano mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemonitor lizard

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. (Varanus) Género de saurópsidos escamosos que comprende numerosas especies de grandes lagartos de cabeza pequeña, cuello largo, cuerpo y patas gruesas, y cola larga y fuerte.

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 varano

  • varanos plural

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

How do you pronounce varano?

  • /baˈɾano/
  • [baˈɾa.no]
  • [baˈɾano]

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

How common is varano in Spanish?

varano appears about once in every 30 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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