yucateco
Spanish, noun/ʝukaˈteko/
yucateco is spelled Y-U-C-A-T-E-C-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 46,380th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Yucateco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “native or inhabitant of the state of Yucatán, Mexico (usually male)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Idioma de la de la familia mayense hablado en Yucatán, Campeche, Quintana Roo y Belice”.
What does yucateco mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of, from or relating to the state of Yucatán, Mexico
noun
- 1
masculinenative or inhabitant of the state of Yucatán, Mexico (usually male)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Originario, relativo a, o propio de de Yucatán.
noun: 1. Idioma de la de la familia mayense hablado en Yucatán, Campeche, Quintana Roo y Belice. 2. Dialecto del idioma español mexicano, caracterizado por el uso común de palabras derivadas de la lengua maya.
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 yucateco
- yucateca feminine
- yucatecos masculine plural
- yucatecas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce yucateco?
- /ʝukaˈteko/
- [ɟ͡ʝu.kaˈt̪e.ko]
- [ʝukaˈt̪eko]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is yucateco in Spanish?
yucateco 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).