Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zavaleta

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables
zavale-ta
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Zavaleta, from Basque Zabaleta, from zabal (“wide, ample”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Zavaleta, Zabaleta

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does zavaleta mean?
A surname.
Where does zavaleta come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

How to pronounce zavaleta

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