Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

montalvo

/moʊntˈɑlvoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables: mon-tal-vo
IPA: /moʊntˈɑlvoʊ/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Spanish.

Etymology

Habitational Spanish surname from many places in Spain, ultimately from Latin montem albus "white mountain."

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: -, montem

Inflected Forms

Montalvos (plural)

Rhymes With

desalvo valvo consalvo falvo montecalvo

Questions

How do you pronounce montalvo?: The recorded pronunciation is /moʊntˈɑlvoʊ/.
What does montalvo mean?: A surname from Spanish.
Where does montalvo come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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