zarigüeya
Spanish, noun/θaɾiˈɡweʝa/
zarigüeya is spelled Z-A-R-I-G-Ü-E-Y-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 99,300th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zarigüeya is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “opossum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(orden Didelphimorphia) Cualquiera de una cincuentena de especies de mamíferos marsupiales, omnívoros, de…”.
What does zarigüeya mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineopossum
Las zarigüeyas son el marsupial más extendido del continente americano.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (orden Didelphimorphia) Cualquiera de una cincuentena de especies de mamíferos marsupiales, omnívoros, de pequeño tamaño y hábitos generalmente arborícolas, nativos de América
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 zarigüeya
- zarigüeyas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zarigüeya?
- /θaɾiˈɡweʝa/
- [θa.ɾiˈɣ̞we.ʝa]
- /saɾiˈɡweʝa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zarigüeya
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zarigüeya in Spanish?
zarigüeya appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).