yatay
Spanish, noun/ʝaˈtai/
yatay is spelled Y-A-T-A-Y (5 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 126,596th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Yatay is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “yatay palm (Butia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Butia yatay) Especie de planta de la familia de las palmeras (Arecaceae). Es la palmera más alta del género…”.
What does yatay mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineyatay palm (Butia)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Butia yatay) Especie de planta de la familia de las palmeras (Arecaceae). Es la palmera más alta del género Butia. De hojas pinnadas, curvas y rígidas, con folíolos ensiformes y el raquis bordeado de espinas punzantes. De sus pequeños frutos se fabrica aguardiente y las yemas terminales son comestibles y se las utiliza como alimento para el ganado.
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 yatay
- yatayes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce yatay?
- /ʝaˈtai/
- [ɟ͡ʝaˈt̪ai̯]
- [ʝaˈt̪aj]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is yatay in Spanish?
yatay appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).