zapoteco
Spanish, noun/θapoˈteko/
zapoteco is spelled Z-A-P-O-T-E-C-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 68,358th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zapoteco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Zapotec” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cualquiera de los idiomas de la familia zapoteca hablados por la gente de este pueblo”.
What does zapoteco mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Zapotec
noun
- 1
masculineZapotec
noun
- 1
masculineZapotec (language)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Propio de o relativo a una etnia, sedentaria de amerindios que habitan el actual estado de Oaxaca en México desde el siglo V adC. Nunca estuvieron totalmente sometidos a los aztecas y sobrevivieron a la conquista española.
noun: 1. Cualquiera de los idiomas de la familia zapoteca hablados por la gente de este pueblo.
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 zapoteco
- zapoteca feminine
- zapotecos masculine plural
- zapotecas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zapoteco?
- /θapoˈteko/
- [θa.poˈt̪e.ko]
- /sapoˈteko/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zapoteco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zapoteco in Spanish?
zapoteco appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).