arabesco
Spanish, noun/aɾaˈbesko/
arabesco is spelled A-R-A-B-E-S-C-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 128,005th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arabesco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “arabesque (ornamental design used in Islamic Art)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Adorno que imita formas de hojas, flores, frutos y cintas en un conjunto denso, y aparece mucho en ciertas…”.
What does arabesco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinearabesque (ornamental design used in Islamic Art)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que pertenece o concierne al mundo árabe.
noun: 1. Adorno que imita formas de hojas, flores, frutos y cintas en un conjunto denso, y aparece mucho en ciertas construcciones árabes. 2. Por extensión, línea con ondulaciones y que se cruza entre sí. 3. Postura de ballet clásico, en el que el bailarín se apoya con una pierna y un brazo extendido al frente y la otra pierna y el brazo extendido por detrás.
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 arabesco
- arabescos plural
- arabesca feminine
- arabescas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arabesco?
- /aɾaˈbesko/
- [a.ɾaˈβ̞es.ko]
- [aɾaˈβ̞esko]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arabesco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arabesco in Spanish?
arabesco appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).