altillo
Spanish, noun/alˈtiʝo/
altillo is spelled A-L-T-I-L-L-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 65,931st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Altillo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “loft, mezzanine, attic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sitio algo elevado, cerro o monte no muy alto”.
What does altillo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineloft, mezzanine, attic
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sitio algo elevado, cerro o monte no muy alto. 2. Parte más alta de una edificación, que puede ser un desván, un armario o espacio para almacenar objetos, o un piso elevado que sirve de habitación o estudio. 3. Entreplanta o entrepiso que se usa como depósito. 4. Armario que se fija en la pared a gran altura.
adjective: 1. Diminutivo de alto.
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 altillo
- altillos plural
- altilla feminine
- altillas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce altillo?
- /alˈtiʝo/
- [al̪ˈt̪i.ʝo]
- [al̪ˈt̪iʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to altillo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is altillo in Spanish?
altillo 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).