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acerico

Spanish, noun/aθeˈɾiko/

acerico is spelled A-C-E-R-I-C-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written Spanish, the 244,405th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acerico is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “small pillow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cojín pequeño que se pone sobre las otras grandes de la cama para mayor comodidad”.

What does acerico mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesmall pillow

  2. 2

    masculinepincushion

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Cojín pequeño que se pone sobre las otras grandes de la cama para mayor comodidad. 2. Cojín pequeño que sirve para clavar en ella alfileres o agujas.

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 acerico

  • acericos plural
  • acerillo alternative obsolete

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce acerico?

  • /aθeˈɾiko/
  • [a.θeˈɾi.ko]
  • /aseˈɾiko/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to acerico

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is acerico in Spanish?

acerico appears about once in every 48 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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