aliño
Spanish, noun
aliño is spelled A-L-I-Ñ-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 69,196th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aliño is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “dressing (for salads)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of aliñar. With a tilde, aliñó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of aliñar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de aliñar o aliñarse”.
What does aliño mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedressing (for salads)
- 2
masculineseasoning (for meat)
- 3
masculinecondiment, spice
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of aliñar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of aliñar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de aliñar o aliñarse. 2. Elemento o conjunto de elementos con que se aliña o adereza algo o a alguien. 3. Preparación o disposición para ejecutar una acción. 4. Ingrediente que sirve para dar sabor o sazón a una comida o bebida.
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 aliño
- aliños plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to aliño
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aliño in Spanish?
aliño 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).